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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) New stuff - snuff and addeo plus
Date: 01 Dec 1999 12:14:46 -0000


Went in to a part of town I don't normally visit on Saturday,  which is
surprising as its not far from where I live and had a great haul,  spent
about 12 quid and came home with 7 LPs and a dozen singles,  and for a nice
change, no disappointments.  A lot of it was disco stuff,  but there were
some list friendly goodies.

Leo Addeo, Orchestra and Chorus - Hawaiian Hits.  Funny old LP this a good
half of it is extremely cheesey,  uptempo almost country pop,  with a
cheerful chorus bop-bopping away.  The kind of thing that gave Ray Conniff a
bad reputation.  OK I imagine if you're feeling resolutely and unshakably
cheerful.  But the other stuff,  3 or 4 tracks is great,  very slow,  quite
disturbing almost.  A great slow version of Blue Hawaii,  a Hawaiian Wedding
song with what sounds like a Harmonium and a lovely spooky organ,  and a
good version of Quiet Village (which is odd as now every time I hear a
version of Quiet Village,  it comes in above Les Baxter on my list of
favourites).

So whats the score with Leo?  Obviously there must be some good stuff,  is
there a must have LP?  or is it all like this,  pearls in the mire?

Liza Minelli - The singer.  I got this as its produced by Snuff Garrett
who's been mentioned favourably recently,  and because it has a version of
'Babe,  what would you say' which I didn't think anyone outside the UK would
have done.  (It was a hit here for Norman 'Hurricane' Smith,  and when I was
very young something of a top tune for me).  And its a great LP.  A version
of 'You're so vain' with Fuzz guitar that rocks,  and some other delights.

Shirley Bassey - Shirley.  I bought this by mistake,  but I didn't see that
it had her version of 'Light my Fire' on it or I would have snapped it up
and gone home happy.  Apart from that hard to find gem (in demand by HipHop
DJs for the breaks apparantly),  there's a great version of spinning wheel
with a similar groove to Herbie Handcocks 'Bring Down the Birds' from
Blow-up.

Tom Jones - From the Heart.  Normally I wouldn't report this to the list,
but this is a corker,  too.  Standards with some great arrangements.
(arrangers Charles Blackwell, Johnny Harris and Johnny Scott,  don't know
any of them).  It starts of with Begin the Beguine at a fairly pedestrian
pace with bongo's and stuff,  before just cranking up to full speed and
giving the song 'The usual sensitive Jones rogering' ((c) The Guardian
Newspaper),  the rest of the LP just carries on from there,  Georgia on my
mind,  its magic,  a taste of honey etc.  Great.

I was chuffed.

Also thanks to everyone who came up with Ideas for stuff for Christian from
Argentina while he was here.  He seemed to have enjoyed London,  though I
think he was appalled at the prices (didn't have the chance to really get
out of town).  He did bring over some top South American stuff which I'll
report back on in a while.

Cheers

El Maestro Con Queso

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lunchtime Thrifting
Date: 01 Dec 1999 11:48:27 -0500


>"Music Box"  an A&M sampler record with Herb , Sandpipers "Wanderlove"
>Claudine Longet "Its hard To Say Goodbye"  Sergio Mendez and the Baja Marimba

Does your copy have the BankAmericard (Visa predecessor) logo on the cover?

m.ace  [e-mail]
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) de-warping
Date: 01 Dec 1999 11:19:10 EST


In a message dated 12/01/99 10:28:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< >some members will chuckle when i remind that i use the microwave oven to
 >dewarp my 78s and vinyl.

 So, how *does* one de-warp a record using a microwave?

 Curious list members wanna know!
  >>

i have hit on this before and it takes some experimentation.  most of what i
de-warped were 78 records that had been stacked side-ways.  i got about 300
records for about 20 bucks once and all of them were warped.  none are now.

i used a large microwave oven and set the heating level on high for about 20
seconds (to start) and checked to see if the records were getting pliable
(not flimsy).  then i just put the record on a smooth counter top and let the
record flatten and cool.  it worked great.

i used a microwave with a turn table (now isn't that appropriate?) and i
think that helped.  one 78 had foil on the label and the label popped and
smoked but the record came out ok.  that was a rare one.

i have done this with 12" vinyl also but not as much as 78's.  one would
think that the grooves would be "melted" and the "nicks" would be affected
but i did not find that the case.

get you some cheapies at goodwill and experiment.  i actually took (an olivia
newton john --  hahaha) vinyl in good condition, warped it by about 2 inches
and then dewarped it (it was a cocktail party and my mai tais were setting
in).  the bastard played fine (if you can say that about ONJ).  some have
suggested the regular oven method but i would think the slow heating would
mess up the grooves.

good luck and good eating.

tb


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From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) exotica grammys
Date: 01 Dec 1999 07:39:47 PST


According tthe back of my Electronic Concept Orchestra-Cinemoog record,
their Moog Groove record was nominated for a grammy in engineering (not sure
of date). this kinda news makes me happy. Wondering- Are there any other
artists that we talk about here on the list that have been nominated for a
grammy, or won for that matter. Not that I am party to the whole palm
greasin'-grammy scammy or anything, just curious as to who has captured the
attention of the masses. Baxter perhaps, so many great film scores, perhaps
Esquivel, maybe Denny? anyone know of any?

-jonny yuma

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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Holiday gift list got you stumped?
Date: 01 Dec 1999 09:28:36 -0500


=46or the exoticat who wants to create a certain menacing tone in his or her
garden, here is the ultimate exotic lifestyle accessory...and only $500K!
Parts are also available.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D211304559

Yer Santa, Mimi




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From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Burning a CD......
Date: 01 Dec 1999 10:55:58 -0500


Okay, don't panic, this isn't about brands, colors, or other techie stuff =
- this is a plea to some kind hearted exoticat to transfer my compilation =
tape onto CD so that I can play it to my little heart's content (and make =
better copies for people......).

Anybody?




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From: Bruce Lenkei <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Perry Como
Date: 01 Dec 1999 12:47:53 -0500 (EST)


I don't recall which list member recomended it, but I found a copy of the
Perry Como record
COMO SWINGS and I gotta say, it is a good disk. Maybe Como the singer is
not to everyone's taste,
but he sounds fine to me, and the band backing him up does a wild, swingin'
job of it.

A great find.



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Lenkei Design

     www.lenkeidesign.com

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From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) trucker records
Date: 01 Dec 1999 06:46:48 PST


Any one out there collect or have  trucker records?

They are not exactly what you would call exotic, except maybe for the
overseas list folk. But They are truly bizarre  nonetheless. Only in America
would this type of product be loved and embraced. I will  pick them up once
in a while just for the covers and usually end up liking the music (im
sick), got a few comp tapes all made up for friends.  I just get a kick out
of the "smokey on your tail"  "Breaker 1-9 " good ol' boy talk.  Maybe im
just nostalgic because my dad had a few tape comps when I was a little one.
ANyone remember the CB madness that swept the country in the 70's? anyone? I
think a lot of folks would like to forget those times I guess.

anyone out there on my wavelength on this type of music? or should i go and
try to find the Red Sovine listserv site?

10-4 over and out.

-jonny yuma-

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From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Comments?
Date: 01 Dec 1999 09:26:08 -0500


Okay, these may have absolutely NOTHING to do with the music on this list, =
but I saw these listed for sale and have no idea other than the titles =
sounded interesting:

Dave "Baby" Cortez "Happy Organ"

Michele Lee "A Taste of the Fantastic - L. David Sloane and Other Hits of =
Today."

- Nate






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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New stuff - snuff and addeo plus
Date: 01 Dec 1999 09:34:15 -0500


At 12:14 PM 12/1/99 -0000, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>Leo Addeo, Orchestra and Chorus - Hawaiian Hits.  Funny old LP this a good
>half of it is extremely cheesey,  uptempo almost country pop,  with a
>cheerful chorus bop-bopping away.  The kind of thing that gave Ray Conniff a
>bad reputation.
>
>So whats the score with Leo?  Obviously there must be some good stuff,  is
>there a must have LP?  or is it all like this,  pearls in the mire?

I think they're probably all like that, some with nary a pearl even.  I've
had a couple of snooze-o's.  And I don't know the name of the must-have LP
if it exists... but it might.  I have "More Hawaiian Hits in Hi Fi" and it
has survived many a record purge but I wouldn't call it must-have from
beginning to end.  And his Stereo Action record is okay but not much more.
He CAN be a great over-the-top hyper arranger.  I had one record with a
couple of cuts that reminded me more of Esquivel than anyone else ever has
(but I think I sent that record to Texas...?)  When I see his records, I
usually take them.  I don't usually hold out much hope for them but I think
a compilation of his best cuts would probably be great.

But while I'm here, let me say something about bop-bopping choruses.  Maybe
it's the soft-pop influence but more than anything else these days, the
records I love have crazy, cool, slightly extreme vocal choir arrangements.

I love most Anita Kerr stuff but her "All you need is love" record is one
of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.  Real harmonies, lovely
arrangements.

If you like Sergio Mendes, maybe you'll like "Aldemaro Romero and his Onda
Nueva" as much as I do.  It's like Sergio but with way over-the-top
arrangements, very reminiscent of the ba-ba-ba vocal arrangements which
totally make that Snuff Garrett "Bacharach Baroque" record  (as opposed to
the German one I have.)

(Anyone know if Aldemaro made a bunch of records?)

And in the soft-pop field, THE MATCH are the best vocal arrangers and
singers I've heard in a long time.  They have this half acapella version of
Alfie which I don't think the Association, Cowsills or even the Fifth
Dimension could have pulled off.

And just to get back to Mr.Addeo, doesn't some of the choir stuff remind
you a bit of Esquivel's zu-zu-zu thing?

Nat






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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) [obits] John Berry,Hazel Frederick
Date: 01 Dec 1999 10:01:12 -0500


The Associated Press
                  Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1999; 6:35 a.m. EST

                  John Berry
                  PARIS (AP) û John Berry, the American filmmaker who was blacklisted in the 1950s after making a documentary in support of the Hollywood 10, died Monday. He was 82.

                  Berry left the United States for France after making "The Hollywood Ten," a documentary supporting American directors accused of being members of the Communist Party.

                  Embraced by the French film establishment, Berry made several commercial successes, including "Ca Va Barder" (Things are Going to Get Tough) starring Eddie Constantine. He also worked in London as a theater director.

                  He returned to the United States in 1974 to make the movie "Claudine." His other films included "Oh Que Mambo", "Maya", "Thieves" and "The Bad News Bears Go To Japan" in 1978.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-j-berry.html
http://allmovie.com/cg/x.dll?UID=9:55:34|AM&p=avg&sql=B81672

                  Hazel Frederick
                  BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) û Hazel Frederick, the woman whose quizzical look was accidentally preserved for TV audiences as Mary Tyler Moore tossed her beret into the air, died Sunday. She was 91.

                  Frederick had been shopping in downtown Minneapolis one day in 1969 when a camera crew filmed Moore for the opening of the old "Mary Tyler Moore Show."

                  Frederick's puzzled reaction was caught on film as she stood in the background, noticeable in a green coat with fur collar and matching scarf.

``That show was broadcast to every state in America and around the world. Everybody wondered: Who was that lady in the background? And, of course, we all knew,'' said Frederick's daughter, Vivian Oliver.

A neighbor spotted Frederick's brief appearance on the show's first episode and phoned Oliver, who waited a week to see the second episode. Sure enough, there was her mother.

``So I called her. `Mom! You're on Mary Tyler Moore. Watch it next week,''' Oliver said. ``Then we had to call the rest of the kids.''

But Frederick's identity remained a mystery to nearly everyone else until 1996, when Moore was in the area for a book signing.

Moore invited Frederick to join her on stage and introduced her to 5,000 people as ``my co-star.''

Then they both signed autographs.

``She never got a big head about it,'' Oliver said.


The 12/1/99 Variety obits are at: http://www.variety.com/article.asp?articleID=1117758463




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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Funky Films
Date: 30 Nov 1999 19:48:52 +0100


    Groove Attack Records in germany "http://www.move.de/gap/"
    listed this one as "Fly Films & Groovy Movies" some moths ago...




Peter Risser wrote:

>I have a tape that I got from someone that contains
>tracks from a Project 3 comp called "Funky Films and
>Groovy Movies."
>
>They rule.
>
>Does anyone know how this is available?




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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Perry Como
Date: 01 Dec 1999 12:56:12 -0500



>A great find.

I am not surprised.  I just finished a 4 CD set of my Aunt's 78's and one
of the big surprises (outside of Patti Page's hip "Boogie Woogie Santa
Claus") was Como's "Papa Loves Mambo".  The other side stinks, so my
universe is back in order.

Brian Phillips



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Comments?
Date: 01 Dec 1999 13:20:12 EST



In a message dated 12/1/99 1:17:52 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Dave "Baby" Cortez "Happy Organ"

This is a great RCA "Living Stereo" LP and contains the best version of
"Summertime" I have ever heard...I'd grab it. Hope that helps, JB


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From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Three Things
Date: 01 Dec 1999 11:04:11 -0800 (PST)


Thing One:
Was there ever a published soundtrack for the movie
Parents?  Angelo Badalamenti did it, but I can't track
down if a recording was ever made.  Anyone know?


Thing Two:
Has anyone heard Mirageman?  Is he really a 1970s
figure or is he more modern?  What does his stuff
sound like?


Thing Three:
I just got Dusty in Memphis and I was sort of
depressed.  Not what I had hoped given the quality of
Son of a Preacher Man, although Windmills of the Mind
is pretty good.  I found it generally pretty gooshy
and stringy, and not in the way that I like.  Anyone
else have a different POV?



Peter



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From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tiki Fest.....
Date: 01 Dec 1999 09:03:16 -0500


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Featuring:
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   From the All-Star Aloha Band "Ape": Eric Alii and Ukulele
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From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Three Things
Date: 01 Dec 1999 11:04:04 -0800 (PST)


Thing One:
Was there ever a published soundtrack for the movie
Parents?  Angelo Badalamenti did it, but I can't track
down if a recording was ever made.  Anyone know?


Thing Two:
Has anyone heard Mirageman?  Is he really a 1970s
figure or is he more modern?  What does his stuff
sound like?


Thing Three:
I just got Dusty in Memphis and I was sort of
depressed.  Not what I had hoped given the quality of
Son of a Preacher Man, although Windmills of the Mind
is pretty good.  I found it generally pretty gooshy
and stringy, and not in the way that I like.  Anyone
else have a different POV?



Peter



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From: "Robert McKenna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records
Date: 01 Dec 1999 12:52:37 PST


i have a great instruction record 'how to cb', which features lovely
dialogue and deadpan explanation, kind of like an unknowing 'how to speak
hip', in a downhome texan basso profundo. along the lines of 'beaver' a
woman, and an attractive one! with some dialogue to give an example of what
they mean. plus a lovely goodbye message to put tears in your eyes about how
your cb will help you and yours get home safely. and lots of dialogue to
end. nice way to end your dj set i find.
rob

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From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki Fest.....
Date: 01 Dec 1999 13:12:02 -0800



> That's so weird!  I just was laying in bed this morning trying to remember
> the words to CW McCalls "Wolf Creek Pass" a great talkin' country song.
It
> starts off: "Me and Earl was haulin' chickens on a flatbed out of
> Hwiggins..." And just gets better from there! The premise is the
re-telling
> of a story (probably over beer and chili in some roadside cafe) about
losing
> brakes on the downhill side of a treacherous mountain pass.
>
> Anyway, to answer your question, YES, I love that stuff. And I was swept
up
> in CB madness as a kid, LOVED the Dukes of Hazard, and Smokey and the
Bandit
> movies (I wanted to be Jerry Reed when I grew up.) I have few oddball
> recordsl, including one by some Sherrif of a Southern County that I
LOVE...
> This Boss Hogg-looking guy is on the cover shown hassling some hapless
> motorist that made the mistake of speeding through the wrong county. The
> title track of the album is a variation on the same theme.
>
> Thanks for asking.
>
>
> Ron




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From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki Fest.....
Date: 01 Dec 1999 13:21:49 -0800


ftp://216.112.66.38/incoming/

Hey there kiddies - I've been swamped as usual and have not been able to
transfer some of this fun stuff to the web-page, but there are some great
files on the FTP server linked above for youse to download and listen to.

The one called "Soiree Jerk" that makes me wanna BOOOOGAAAY. Thanks
Thinkmatic! (Hup Hup, Hup Hup...Yeeeeeaaaayyy!)

Ron



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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records
Date: 01 Dec 1999 15:26:41 -0500


At 9:46 AM -0500 12/1/99, jonathan richardson wrote:

>Any one out there collect or have  trucker records?

I'm afraid so. A decade ago I was in a band called The Wheelers & Dealers,
a honky tonk outfit that performed in the trucker/Bakersfield/Texas styles,
and I was buying a lot of that stuff. We recorded a single for the Diesel
Only label out of Brooklyn NY, which was the showcase label for the style
as it had been reinvented by former punk rockers (they only recorded 45's,
which were then stocked in jukeboxes at truckstops around the southern and
midwestern states; there were 2 CD compilations). One of our tracks was a
homage to incest that I wrote called "My Mother, My Sister, My Wife".

The Starday and Deluxe labels out of Nashville had most of the best trucker
records, many of which are still in print (on cassette and CD, although 8
track of course is the ultimate format for these things). The genre began
in the 1950's with acts like The Stanley Brothers, The Willis Brothers,
Dave Dudley and Red Simpson; the CB craze of the 70's produced the last
large volume of this stuff. While most of the tracks from that era are
novelty based (there's even the extremely politically incorrect "CB Savage"
by Rod Hart (sic), which follows the exploits of a gay trucker), the
earlier material has more of the underlying sin-and-salvation tension
evident in many hillbilly recordings of the time (i.e. Louvin Bros.), in
tracks like "Widow Maker", "A Tombstone Every Mile", "Diesel Smoke And
Dangerous Curves", etc. The best place to buy this stuff, naturally, is at
truckstops like Union 76 and Flying J. While there, be sure to check out
the X-Rated Trucker Party tapes, especially the work of Gene Tracy. Tracy
has one tape in particular that that defines bulldada, a one-off with the
infamous black party comic Wild Man Steve, which must be heard to be
believed.

On a related note, Waffle House (a southern US restaurant chain which
truckers frequent) has released a CD of many of their peculiar 45's
("There's Raisins In My Toast", "844,739 Ways To Eat A Hamburger At The
Waffle House", "Waffle Doo Wop", et al) which could previously only be
heard on jukeboxes in their franchises. A favorite with touring bands
across the US, these records seemingly exist only to preturb the workforce
of these establishments (overheard one disgruntled employee mumbling "why
should I give a fuck if you get raisins in yer goddamn toast'). Available
at www.wafflehousesongs.com

br cleve, travelling the hiways and biways since 1984


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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Date: 01 Dec 1999 16:35:14 -0500


At 7:07 PM -0500 11/30/99, Nat Kone wrote:

>To the degree that I recognize the classic B-3 sound, I would not have
>thought that Jimmy Rowles was playing one on the Laurindo records I have.

It's because of the different speaker cabinets - - Jimmy Smith, John
Patton, Baby Face Willette etc all used the classic Leslie Tone Cabinet,
which featured the 'rotating speaker' effect (which could be sped up and
slowed down). Wanderly, etc, used the Hammond Tone Cabinet, which produced
a full, rich reverb sound. The Lowrey organs played by Dick Hyman utilised
tone cabinets of a similar variety. You can tell the Hammond B3 by it's
distinctive keyboard 'clicking' sound, produced by adding overtones to the
sound (this was available only on their B3 and M100 models). The best
Electronic Organs were produced by Lowery and Baldwin. Hammond Organs work
on a Tone Wheel system.

br cleve


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From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New stuff - snuff and addeo plus
Date: 01 Dec 1999 21:34:32 +0000


[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Shirley Bassey - Shirley.  I bought this by mistake,  but I didn't see
Do you mean 'Something'? (a.k.a. "...is something else" in the US) with
her on a beach on the cover? top album if you exclude My Way. The next
one 'Something Else' is also Johnny Harris produced (at least half of it
is i think), and okay-ish, but not outstanding. There's two more of the
funky-ish ones I believe, before she goes back to the more-mediocre
stuff, but I can't remember the titles.

> Tom Jones - From the Heart.  Normally I wouldn't report this to the list,
> I was chuffed.

'This is Tom Jones' is also pretty good in parts, with an excellently
funky one called 'I'm a fool to love you', as well as Witchita Lineman
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From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Three Things
Date: 01 Dec 1999 21:40:33 +0000


Peter Risser wrote:
>
> Thing Three:
> I just got Dusty in Memphis and I was sort of
> depressed.  Not what I had hoped given the quality of
> Son of a Preacher Man, although Windmills of the Mind
> is pretty good.  I found it generally pretty gooshy
> and stringy, and not in the way that I like.  Anyone
> else have a different POV?

Give it to me and I'll tell you - I've been looking for that for years
;)
My fave Dusty lp is 'Where Am I going?' I seem to think that she was
never very big in the states - is that right?



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From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Date: 01 Dec 1999 21:54:07 +0000


Br. Cleve wrote:
>
> At 7:07 PM -0500 11/30/99, Nat Kone wrote:
>
> >To the degree that I recognize the classic B-3 sound, I would not have
> >thought that Jimmy Rowles was playing one on the Laurindo records I have.
>
> It's because of the different speaker cabinets - - Jimmy Smith, John
> Patton, Baby Face Willette etc all used the classic Leslie Tone Cabinet,
> which featured the 'rotating speaker' effect (which could be sped up and
> slowed down). Wanderly, etc, used the Hammond Tone Cabinet, which produced
> a full, rich reverb sound. The Lowrey organs played by Dick Hyman utilised
> tone cabinets of a similar variety. You can tell the Hammond B3 by it's
> distinctive keyboard 'clicking' sound, produced by adding overtones to the
> sound (this was available only on their B3 and M100 models). The best
> Electronic Organs were produced by Lowery and Baldwin. Hammond Organs work
> on a Tone Wheel system.

Strictly speaking the Hammond is an 'Electric' organ, rather than
'Electronic'. The C3 is identical to the B3 but has a different casing
(c for church, b for home). You can get a pretty good sound out of a lot
of organs though (e.g the other hammond models), and these 1000-quid
modules which Hammond and something else make (forget name) do a
reasonable version (as well as weighing quite a few kilos less!) of the
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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Date: 01 Dec 1999 17:09:01 -0500


At 4:54 PM -0500 12/1/99, M H Jemmeson wrote:

>Strictly speaking the Hammond is an 'Electric' organ, rather than
>'Electronic'. The C3 is identical to the B3 but has a different casing
>(c for church, b for home).

True about the casing, but the C3 does not include the distinctive
'percussion' pipe settings which gives it the keyboard click, which is so
essential to its sound (the famous Jimmy Smith sound is the 1 1/2 pipe
percussion used with only the first drawbar pulled out, and the Leslie on
low speed). Guess they didn't figure they'd need that in church. And yes,
it is an electric, not electronic, keyboard.

br cleve, playing keyboard instruments since 1965


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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere
Date: 01 Dec 1999 17:14:13 -0500


At 09:40 PM 12/1/99 +0000, M H Jemmeson wrote:
>
>Give it to me and I'll tell you - I've been looking for that for years
>;)
>My fave Dusty lp is 'Where Am I going?' I seem to think that she was
>never very big in the states - is that right?

I love Dusty in Memphis but I can understand how if you only ever knew "Son
of a Preacherman", you could be disappointed by the record.  It's a bit
more "eclectic" than you would guess from that tune.

(By the way, Petula Clark and Brenda Lee also did "In Memphis" records.
Pretty good.)

As far as how big Dusty was over here, in Canada anyway...  She was very
well known but when I heard her great, great, greatest hits CD which came
out around the time she died, there were lots of tunes I didn't know or at
least, I didn't know her version.
I knew her for "You don't have to say you love me" and "Son of a
Preacherman" and that's about it.
I know she was very attached to Bacharach and got to do the "official"
version of some of his songs but maybe in North America, we got to hear
other versions instead of hers.

But anyway, let me reiterate, that greatest hits CD is grrrrrrr-eat!

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From: Al Hoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy
Date: 01 Dec 1999 17:05:59 -0500


> From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: (exotica) trucker records
>
> Any one out there collect or have  trucker records?

10-4, I was gonna say "yes" and more about trucker records, but Brother
Cleve took those words and more outta my mouth. He was modulating wall
to wall and tree-top tall.

I'd have to look it up for the exact specs, somewhere I have a Canadian
trucking record about a guy hauling potatoes. Not as exciting cargo as
Coors beer or dynamite or even a Jimmy haulin' hogs.

Another wacky CB sampling record is Cleddus Maggard. (Minor chart hit
with "The White Knight") He was an actor hired to do a whole LP of CB
stuff. Worked off a dictionary, for you CB experts out there, he
mis-uses a few terms, but a nearly unlistenable highlight of the LP is
his history of the USA delivered in CB lingo.

Truck, trucking and trucker songs -- one of the few (sorta surviving)
subgenres of work-songs.

eastbound and down, Al

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From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere
Date: 01 Dec 1999 22:46:31 +0000


Nat Kone wrote:
>
> At 09:40 PM 12/1/99 +0000, M H Jemmeson wrote:
> >
> >Give it to me and I'll tell you - I've been looking for that for years
> >;)
> >My fave Dusty lp is 'Where Am I going?' I seem to think that she was
> >never very big in the states - is that right?

Just looked at http://www.dustyspringfield.nu/
and found all the us albums are different (diff covers, titles and
tracks - what a pain. actually the us covers are better though). It's
'The Look of Love' which has most of the 'Where Am I Going?' tracks on.


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From: Bruce Lenkei <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) experiment in terror album cover
Date: 01 Dec 1999 17:49:35 -0500 (EST)


I have a question about the cover to Mancini's experiment in terror. I
heard that there was some sort of controversy involving the album cover
(which doesn't surprise me too much - the version I have shows a pretty
amazing shot of a woman ( Lee Remick?) about to burst out of her, uh,
undergarments) and that there were a few different covers issued.

I'm just curious as to what the story was with it.


- bruce lenkei


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Comments?
Date: 01 Dec 1999 18:03:06 EST


In a message dated 12/01/99 1:17:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Dave "Baby" Cortez "Happy Organ" >>

you would recognize this tune if you heard it.  a variation of Mama's Little
Baby Loves Shorten Bread.

tb


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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) New stuff - snuff and addeo plus
Date: 01 Dec 1999 17:37:19 -0500


At 9:34 AM 12/1/99, Nat Kone wrote about Leo Addeo's Stereo Action record

... is okay but not much more.
>He CAN be a great over-the-top hyper arranger.  I had one record with a
>couple of cuts that reminded me more of Esquivel than anyone else ever has
>(but I think I sent that record to Texas...?)

Nope, you sent the Stereo Action one, buddy. Make that STEREO ACTION (wish
I could animate letters!). The music IS so-so, but the zapping between
channels leaves me feeling like I just got off a particularly vicious and
fun amusement park ride. Think, the Wild Mouse and the Tilt-A-Whirl,
combined with something that turns you upside down, too--the Zipper.




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From: "Mark D. Head" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Date: 01 Dec 1999 17:31:44 -0600


Nat wrote:
<I never really thought much about organ brands
until Mimi brought up this question.  Jimmy Smith
and Big John Patton both played the B-3 but to me
they sound nothing alike.>

I am certainly no expert on the Hammond B-3, or
other electronic organs, for that matter.  It
seems easy to my ear, however, to tell the
difference between the Hammond, the Lowry, and
say, the Wurlitzer electronic/electric organs.

There have been / are so many *great* B-3 players,
I am always impressed with the different sounds
the players can wrangle from the same brand of
instrument - but then nobody playing the Fender
Stratocaster ever sounded quite like Jimi Hendrix,
either! <no dig to Stevie Ray Vaughn>

The key distinguishing feature of the Hammond B-3
is its use of whirling Leslie speakers - two
speakers that literally twirl around in their
casings, emitting that trademark tremolo "wah wah
wah wah" organ sound, coupled with the "stops."
Eumir Deodato was famous for carefully guarding
the settings of his "stops" and never letting his
session buddies see how he elicited a given "sound"
for a given take.  And, I suppose we're all familiar
with the phrase "pulling out all the stops," which
to my knowledge is a direct reference to the
Hammond B-3...
--
Mark D. Head
The Captain
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Prediction for Year 2000:  Polygram Records,
Warner Brothers, and Keebler Crackers will merge
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From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Which electronic organ?
Date: 01 Dec 1999 23:44:20 +0000


Mark D. Head wrote:
>
> I am certainly no expert on the Hammond B-3, or
> other electronic organs, for that matter.  It
> seems easy to my ear, however, to tell the
> difference between the Hammond, the Lowry, and
> say, the Wurlitzer electronic/electric organs.

But there can be some overlap in sounds. I've got records of Yamaha
organs which sound very Hammond-ish

> The key distinguishing feature of the Hammond B-3
> is its use of whirling Leslie speakers - two

You can plug anything into a leslie though, they're a separate unit, at
least on all the Hammonds i've seen. Decent Hammonds in small ads are
quite rare, but often a cheap lowrey or something is advertised, and
including a Leslie cabinet, which may be a good deal for any musicians
or junk collectors. Leslies are quite highly prized as a find along with
Watkins Copicats, Space Echos and all that sort of musical electronics

> for a given take.  And, I suppose we're all familiar
> with the phrase "pulling out all the stops," which
> to my knowledge is a direct reference to the
> Hammond B-3...

or church pipe organs over the past couple of hundred years...


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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy
Date: 01 Dec 1999 18:57:27 -0500


At 05:05 PM 12/1/99 -0500, Al Hoff wrote:
>
>I'd have to look it up for the exact specs, somewhere I have a Canadian
>trucking record about a guy hauling potatoes. Not as exciting cargo as
>Coors beer or dynamite or even a Jimmy haulin' hogs.

You're not by any chance referring to Canadian icon/hero Stompin Tom
Connors and his song "Bud the Spud" are ye?
You guys familiar with Tom?  You should be.
He's a national treasure.

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records
Date: 01 Dec 1999 19:10:48 -0500


At 03:26 PM 12/1/99 -0500, Br. Cleve wrote:
.
> While most of the tracks from that era are
>novelty based , the  earlier material has more of the underlying
sin-and-salvation >tension evident in many hillbilly recordings of the time
(i.e. Louvin Bros.), in
>tracks like "Widow Maker", "A Tombstone Every Mile", "Diesel Smoke And
>Dangerous Curves",

Well I don't know about those titles but I'm familiar with a Willis
Brothers tune called "Soft Shoulders and Dangerous Curves"  That's a much
better title, don't you think?  I mean, what part of a woman's body reminds
you of diesel smoke?

Actually I do know those other titles.  I even once had a Bill Kirchen
record where he re-did that Tombstone tune... which he did when he was in
what band again?

But my favourite trucker's tape was indeed a Willis Brothers tape I bought
at a truck stop (along with, yes I admit it, a "You know you're a redneck
if" tape, which was pretty hilarious if you only hear it once.)





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From: kendoll <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records
Date: 01 Dec 1999 17:59:09 -0700


Br. Cleve wrote:

> (there's even the extremely politically incorrect "CB Savage"
> by Rod Hart (sic), which follows the exploits of a gay trucker)

At the end of the song, it turns out not to be a gay trucker at all, but
a
smokey putting on an act (sorry if I spoiled the surprise ending). So
are
there any gay trucker songs that don't wimp out at the end?

Mike Ewanus
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From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki Fest.....
Date: 01 Dec 1999 17:06:08 -0800


Nathan Miner wrote:
>              TIKIFEST'99: Tikis At The End Of Time!
> Featuring:
>    The Fisherman's Quiet Village: A tribute to Martin Denny!

The Fishermen are a great, great, great Exotica group in the classic
Denny/Lyman mold (no piano, though). Well worth the effort to see them
perform!

> Where:  The Hi-Ball Lounge, Broadway@Kearny inOld North Beach,S.F.
> When: Tuesday December 14, 1999, from 8:00-11:00 p.m., Only 5 Clams
>        See our gorgeous poster at: http://www.poprecords.com/liftoff

Kevin Crossman
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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Baltimore Pirate Radio
Date: 01 Dec 1999 21:35:30 -0500


hi y'all
glad to finally say that there is now RADIO worth listening to in the
drEARy Baltimore area...

WMOB-97.5  (don't ask me why they went for a spot in the middle of the dial)
the voice of the purple pumpkin
on air from 7-11 everyday.
with a schedule too far out and freaky to describe.
the range of music/talk is guaranteed to be appreciated.

while i am still having some trouble tuning in.
i did submit my first hour show.
for your pleasure...
its called the Ultraman Hour
can't use my "real" name, this is ILLEGAL.

9 Holy Orifices - Double Dong
Make Me Stinked - Flamenco Au Go Go
Barracuda - the 5,6,7,8's
Smokey's Hole - Cee Bee Beaumont
Try It - the Standells
Upside (live) - ? and the Mysterians
Midnite to Six Man - the Pretty Things
Sookie Sookie - Steppenwolf
I Wanna be your Favorite Pair of Pajamas - Andre Williams
Punk Rock Caveman - the Desert Sessions featuring Blag Jesus
Troglodyte - Jimmy Castor Bunch
movie ad for Ghetto Freaks
movie ad for Trunk Turner and Foxy Brown
Truck Turner Theme - Issac Hayes
Trip to your Heart - Sly and the Family Stone
If you Got Funk, You Got Style - Funkadelic
Time - Edwin Starr
Gimme Some Love - Joe Cuba Sextet
Bat Macumba - Mutantes
Com Medo, Com Pedro - Gal Costa
The Baby Grows/Magic Carpet Ride - Francois Evans + the London Gay Symphony

                                   Orch. (from the Pervirella sndtrk)
Faud Rameses - Tipsy
Hellraiser - Combustible Edison

catch us if you can....

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) a young person's guide to The TJB
Date: 01 Dec 1999 23:00:40 -0500


Over the last week or so, I listened through the first 10 Tijuana Brass
albums in chronological order. And then I was compelled to put together an
overview of the series, perhaps of help when contemplating them in the
bins. So many to choose from. I dunno, maybe this is too elementary to
bother with, but too late now. This is not an 'official list' -- only an
attempt to quickly describe each album. I've tried to avoid judgemental
statements, but reactions always have subjectivity hidden somewhere, I
suppose. Feel free to disagree. Thanks for the space.

For a more traditional and comprehensive discography check here:
http://www.rudyscorner.com/tjb/index.html
at Rudy's A&M Corner:
http://www.rudyscorner.com/amcorner/index.html

A Young Person's Guide To The Tijuana Brass

"The Lonely Bull" - Has the usual special interest of first albums. The
title track sets a real standard, but Herb still wasn't quite sure what he
was doing with the project, resulting in some nicely diverse tracks. Along
with the Mexican and jazz flavorings, one can also hear occasional traces
of the 50s rock/r&b instrumental vein (think of The Champs). On the other
hand, there are some rather easy tracks. And just to confuse things, a few
tunes with prominent whistling parts.

"Volume 2" - Probably the most raucous TJB album. Not that it rocks out,
but it does lean towards a rowdy 'south of the border' ambience. And again,
a bit of the Champs feel. Even a bit of fuzz guitar on "Surfin' Senorita".
Also some down-tempo tracks with a nice spaghetti western sound. Was
Morricone buying TJB records (to augment his Dick Dale collection)? Herb
definitely has a better feel for what he wants to do, and his arrangements
are more snazzy and confident (check "America").

"South Of The Border" - Pulling back, this is a very polite and somewhat
low-key album. All hair neatly combed, like a photo for grandma. Includes
the soon-to-hit "Mexican Shuffle".

"Whipped Cream & Other Delights" - Well, of course this one has THE COVER.
Nice batch of tunes, too, with the energy level turned back up a notch or
two. Includes TJB standards like "A Taste Of Honey" (bomp, bomp, bomp) and
"Whipped Cream". Herb's arrangements are really on the ball by this point.

"!!Going Places!!" - Builds on the energy generated by "Whipped Cream" with
more standards like "Tijuana Taxi" and "Spanish Flea". Herb and gang are in
top gear now. Interesting to hear their take on The Ventures' version of
"Walk, Don't Run". And versions of "Third Man Theme", "A Walk In The Black
Forest" and "Zorba The Greek", the latter a marathon lung test for the
horns. The first album where electric guitar gets prominent, rather than
just some twangy coloring here and there.

"What Now My Love" - After "Going Places", a steady touring band was
formed, some members having been in on the recordings from the start, some
less so. This influences the sound, as the 'steady band' phenomenon has its
inevitable organic effect. The sound becomes a bit more homogenized. That
sounds sort of negative, maybe say "more cohesive" instead. Less dramatic
variations between tracks. More consistency of instrumentation from track
to track -- perhaps Herb is now thinking in terms of having to reproduce
the tracks onstage. Anyway, on following albums, the band's sound gradually
shifts from bouncy to liquid, which I wasn't really expecting. But the
process is only beginning on this album, which is a rather dark and quiet
collection. Sort of a rainy weekend at a cabin by a deep lake.

"S.R.O." - Not a live album, even though the cover makes that impression.
The energy bounces back up a notch... the band is very comfortable with
each other, and contributing to some of the writing. An album that runs
through very smoothly, like a well-tuned engine.

"Sounds Like..." - As the band moved into its 'liquid' phase, some tracks
actually got into a trance music sort of groove, which surprised the heck
out of me. That side of the TJB peaks on this album with tracks like "Wade
In The Water". Also includes the "Casino Royale" theme, and it never hurts
to have another copy of that.

"Herb Alpert's Ninth" - Things take another turn, pulling back into more
normal pop hit covers, but still very smooth. Notable for "Carmen", which
juxtaposes Bizet with signature tags from past TJB hits.

"The Beat Of The Brass" - The beginning of the end, as Herb ascends to pop
singer stardom with the last track, "This Guy's In Love With You".
Otherwise, continues their latter agenda of pop standards rendered with a
liquid sheen.

A few more followed, but ten is enough for me, okay?

In the interest of disclosure, my personal favorites are "Volume 2",
"Whipped Cream", "Going Places" and "Sounds Like".

Now if only I could find that legendary "The Tijuana Brass & Nico" album.
The one with "All Tomorrow's Fiestas" and "Spanish Flea In Furs".


m.ace  [e-mail]
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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records
Date: 02 Dec 1999 02:04:59 -0500


At 05:59 PM 12/1/99 -0700, kendoll wrote:

>So are there any gay trucker songs that don't wimp out at the end?

There are gay country/cowboy songs anyway.  Ned Sublette's "Cowboys are
Frequently Secretly Fond of Each other" for one.






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From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: trucker records
Date: 01 Dec 1999 04:33:42 -0800


I have a web page devoted to trucker songs:
http://www.ratso.net/cheat11.html .  Don't ask me why!

Also, in the recent discussions of Michel Polnareff, did anyone mention his
great electronic score for LIPSTICK?  Worth owning for sure!

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From: Mo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trucker records
Date: 02 Dec 1999 16:06:03 +0100


(slightly off-topic:)

Does anybody know if "Burns Bros." is a chain or just a single trucker's
restaurant?

Mo



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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Don "Sugarcane" Harris,Clifford Jarvis,Gene Rayburn
Date: 02 Dec 1999 10:07:55 -0500


Following note found at the Sugarcane website:
http://sugarcane-harris.com/
December 1, 1999: We've just heard from Dewey Terry that Don's body was found today. He apparently passed away several days before.
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Clifford Jarvis, Arkestra drummer
see: http://elvispelvis.com/cliffordjarvis.htm
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Gene "Match Game" Rayburn 1917-1999
see:http://www.public.usit.net/sbeverly/index_gameshow.html



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Subject: Re: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy
Date: 02 Dec 1999 10:55:25 EST


In a message dated 12/01/99 5:18:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< eastbound and down, Al >>

jerry reed -- smokey and the bandit.

sum' bitch!

tb


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Date: 02 Dec 1999 11:00:57 EST


In a message dated 12/01/99 12:52:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< just curious as to who has captured the
 attention of the masses. Baxter perhaps, so many great film scores, perhaps
 Esquivel, maybe Denny? anyone know of any? >>


Mr. Denny has been diss-ed.  That's all I gotta say!

TB


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere
Date: 02 Dec 1999 11:08:16 -0500


I have to recommend "The Dusty Springfield Anthology" three cd set that
Mercury put out in '97 (US release). A very good comp, with wise selections
and some very cool obscure tracks.


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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) exotica grammys
Date: 02 Dec 1999 11:10:37 -0500


At 10:39 AM -0500 12/1/99, jonathan richardson wrote:

> Wondering- Are there any other
>artists that we talk about here on the list that have been nominated for a
>grammy, or won for that matter..... Baxter perhaps, so many great film
>scores, perhaps
>Esquivel, maybe Denny? anyone know of any?

Esquivel was nominated about a half dozen times in the late 50's, for best
big band arrangements and for best engineered albums. I've got the details
around here somewhere, or check out all the Esquivel info I posted years
ago on the Space Age Bachelor Pad site.

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From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 10-4 good buddy
Date: 02 Dec 1999 11:12:16 -0500


Okay, okay, I can't take it anymore:  FLASHBACK!  FLASHBACK!

Wearing my "Official CB Nut" baseball hat and tuning in on a friend's =
brother's CB "base unit" talking to whoever was foolish enough to engage =
us in conversation and puzzling over all the dirty jokes we *thought* were =
dirty but not so sure (something about the air brake piston and female =
truck trivers???), holding dinky yard sales to raise the cash for our very =
own CB's ( a GE 40 ch., and later on - thanks to the paper route - a fancy =
silver Cobra 40ch!!! yeah!!!) and bein' "On the Road Again" pretending to =
be a trucker with the CB hooked-up in the station wagon headin' to western =
N. Carolina to visit the grandparents and signing off with "Keep yer tires =
outta the ditches and the smokies outta yer britches"  OR "Keep yer wheels =
spinnin' and the beavers grinnin!"

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Subject: (exotica) Spacey Music......
Date: 02 Dec 1999 11:14:28 -0500


Hey, anybody have that CD where some scientist gal used "space sounds" in =
her ambient recordings - I think she was British....?

Good? Boring?

- Nate




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Subject: RE:(exotica) Three Things
Date: 02 Dec 1999 14:15:38 -0000


Peter,  I must say I've got to agree,  mind you I have the mono version and
its not 100% but i was very disappointed.  At a push I play breakfast in bed
(mainly as I like the reggae version so much but don't have it) and don't
forget about me,  and thats mainly for the song it should be.  To be honest
i don't rate preacher man that highly, for me, Nancy Sinatra's version has
much more of a 'hey baby,  lets go out into the swamps and FUCK!' feel about
it.  I thought the whole thing overrated.

IM(not so)HO of course.


El Maestro Con Queso

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Thing Three:
I just got Dusty in Memphis and I was sort of
depressed.  Not what I had hoped given the quality of
Son of a Preacher Man, although Windmills of the Mind
is pretty good.  I found it generally pretty gooshy
and stringy, and not in the way that I like.  Anyone
else have a different POV?



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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Dusty in Memphis and elsewhere
Date: 02 Dec 1999 08:18:44 -0800 (PST)


I personally enjoy the Dusty In London cd comp that came out recetnly.  I
must second m.aces recomendation on the Mercury box also.

The Dusty in Memhis cd has some bonus tracks which some people felt, I think
it was a review in Goldmine Magazine,  that the bonus tracks just didn't add
much and in fact took away from the beauty of the album.

I don't go for this.  Give me the bonus tracks anyday.   By the way does
anyone have the Association's "Birthday" cd with bonus tracks??  I'm
wondering if these tracks are great.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


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> I have to recommend "The Dusty Springfield Anthology" three cd set that
> Mercury put out in '97 (US release). A very good comp, with wise selections
> and some very cool obscure tracks.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) exotica grammys
Date: 02 Dec 1999 11:23:19 -0500


jonathan richardson <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Wondering- Are there any other artists that we talk about here on the list that have been nominated for a grammy, or won for that matter.  Baxter perhaps, so many great film scores, perhaps Esquivel, maybe Denny? anyone know of any?
---------------------------
I responded to this yesterday but the post has "gone missing." Apologies if it turns up and gets posted twice.

Anyway, if I recall what I said (and yesterday is a long time ago sometimes), it was that the best site for Grammy info is the official search site at:
http://www.grammy.com/awards/search.php3

You can enter a name and see if you get a hit. Responses are in the form:
GRAMMY Winner            Jo Stafford & Paul Weston: Artists.
Genre                    Comedy
GRAMMY Category          Best Comedy Performance (Musical)
Year                     1960 - 3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards
Title of the Work        Jonathan And Darlene Edwards In Paris
Artist Performing Work   Jo Stafford, Paul Weston

The database only has winners -- the other nominees aren't listed.

Just for grins, y'all should also browse the Grammy Gateway:
http://www.grammy.com/gateway/index.html
and especially the Grammy Web Resources page:
http://www.grammy.com/gateway/gatewaylinks.html

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Date: 02 Dec 1999 14:24:24 EST



In a message dated 12/1/99 7:58:28 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>So are
>there any gay trucker songs that don't wimp out at the end?

Actually, yes. Martin Mull once had a song about a gay trucker. I think its
called "The Fruit Song"..."Well I ain't your average trucker, they go their
way I go my way. I'm the kind of guy who picks up any fruit out on the
highway...."                I can't remember all the words, but there are
double entendres about hauling loads, picking fruit, etc. and each verse ends
with..."one eye out for highway danger, the other out for fruit."


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Subject: (exotica) Tiger Lillies
Date: 02 Dec 1999 20:31:00 +0100


Saw a wonderful concert last night, actually more of a variety show. The
Tiger Lillies, an English Trio who have been existing for 9 years and
have 7 albums out so far. The show came together with a dinner, people
were sitting on different levels at tables and eating and drinking two
hours before the concert started. The music of the Tiger Lillies is
slightly of the cabaret type, but super-subtile with exotic influences.
The trio consists of an acoustic bass player, a singer playing the
accordion and singing with a very high falsetto voice that reminds one
of Henry Purcell, and a drummer, that cannot be praised enough: while
other drummers seem to want to make as much noise as possible compared
to him, he really accentuated a rhythm with the most minimalistic means.
It was incredible. They were dressed in a Charles Dickens/Clockwork
Orange/Lounge style with bowler hat, tuxedo and fez.

But the best thing was the show! Everything the Residents or Tom Waits
(or myself!) ever wanted to do on stage, they did it better! Here in
Munich they were accompanied by a lot of acrobats, beautiful women,
sometimes illuminated by slide projections, sometimes just throwing
shadows as back projections. The stage changed between slide projections
of 19th century park landscapes and interieurs and simple colors from
the back of the stage. The band had both parts playing alone, and
playing background music for the performers, which became some sort of
very well fitting filmmusic that increased the effect of the performance
a lot. They started with an exotica piece, I haven't yet figured which
it was, something by Les Baxter.

Somehow everything I saw and heard on stage was so perfect and
beautiful, I was really amazed if not hypnotized and will-lessly
clapping for minutes when  the best life-performance I've seen since El
Vez was over. The show of the Tiger Lillies can only be highly
recommended.

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From: "Ponak, David" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Association Bonus Track
Date: 02 Dec 1999 11:27:31 -0800


The bonus tracks on the Japanese CD version of the Association's "Birthday"
(as well as on all the others) are simply the single mixes of the singles on
the album. Not a revelation, but nice to have nonetheless. The only
exception is "Live" (2 LPS on one CD) which has no bonus tracks. The sound
on these CDs is stunning.


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From: Al Hoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) spud truckers
Date: 02 Dec 1999 15:24:10 -0500


> >I'd have to look it up for the exact specs, somewhere I have a Canadian
> >trucking record about a guy hauling potatoes. Not as exciting cargo as
> >Coors beer or dynamite or even a Jimmy haulin' hogs.
>
> You're not by any chance referring to Canadian icon/hero Stompin Tom
> Connors and his song "Bud the Spud" are ye?
> You guys familiar with Tom?  You should be.
> He's a national treasure.
>
> Nat

Yes, that's it, thanks. Reckoned someone would step forward. I meant no
disrespect to Canadian truckers, after all they got a longer stretch of
highway.

Al

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiger Lillies
Date: 02 Dec 1999 16:19:59 -0500


[e-mail] wrote:
> Saw a wonderful concert last night, actually more of a variety show. The Tiger Lillies, an English Trio who have been existing for 9 years and have 7 albums out so far.

Yes, I'm jealous, I'll admit it!
I tried to get tix during their NY City run with Shockheaded Peter( aka The Struwwelpeter), but the run was completely sold out. I really wanted to subject my 9 year old daughter to their unique vileness! Instead we had to settle for the inferior Sleepy Hollow...
This is a site for the show:
http://www.shockheadedpeter.com/
SHOCKHEADED PETER - A Junk Opera
Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, a Frankfurt 'medical man of the lunatic asylum', wrote and illustrated The Struwwelpeter (ShockHeaded Peter) more than 150 years ago because he couldn't find anything on the shelves to fire the imagination of his children.

Tiger Lilly Martyn Jacques, a Waterloo falsetto, began to sing it last year because it sounded good within his curious repertoire of modern city ballads. Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott, rough mountebanks of improbable theatre, dreamt up a way of making the songs work in the midst of a series of trapdoors, hidden passages and unexpected events.
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If you haven't discovered the Tiger Lillies yet, you can get a good sense of them at their site:
http://www.tigerlillies.com/system/index.html

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Date: 02 Dec 1999 17:06:04 EST


In a message dated 12/2/99 8:10:10 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<<
 Esquivel was nominated about a half dozen times in the late 50's, for best
 big band arrangements and for best engineered albums. I've got the details
 around here somewhere, or check out all the Esquivel info I posted years
 ago on the Space Age Bachelor Pad site. >>


Vastly underated as an artist in my opinion. He was/is a genius and should
have been awarded one at least once in his life.


Jason


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Date: 02 Dec 1999 17:09:07 EST


In a message dated 12/2/99 8:55:35 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Mr. Denny has been diss-ed.  That's all I gotta say! >>


That Quiet Village was a #1 song if I remember correctly and its beautiful as
well. I too think he should have received  a grammy award at least once.

Jason


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Date: 02 Dec 1999 17:15:53 -0500


[e-mail] wrote re. Esquivel!:
> In a message dated 12/2/99 8:10:10 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>Vastly underated as an artist in my opinion. He was/is a genius and should have been awarded one at least once in his life.


It's still not too late, Jason. He's got another shot at it when the bio-pic is released and when (I won't say "if") the stuff he's been working on for the last few years gets recorded and released. Perhaps Br. Cleve can give us an update on how those projects are progressing.

Anyone know how to stuff a wild grammy vote box?

-Lou
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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) a young person's guide to The TJB
Date: 02 Dec 1999 23:39:01 +0100


Thanks, Mike, a great summary.

Mo



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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Indie musicians' experiences with MP3.com, IUMA?
Date: 02 Dec 1999 16:59:17 -0500


Hi y'all. This is followup to my request that indie musicians repond to my
pal Emily Vander Veer's assignment for Salon. She wrote a POV feature about
musicians' adventures with MP3 sites and sold two different versions of the
story to Salon and the Dallas Observer. Both were published today:
Salon
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/02/digital_music/index.html
The Dallas Observer
http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/current/music2.html

Emily asked me to thank anyone from the list who contacted hor or forwarded
her request to other lists or musician friends.
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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiger Lillies
Date: 03 Dec 1999 00:03:58 +0100


 Lou wrote:

> This is a site for the show:
> http://www.shockheadedpeter.com/
> SHOCKHEADED PETER - A Junk Opera

I really want to see that show too. I grew up with this "Struwwelpeter"-book, it was one of the 3 most poular children's books in Germany and my mom keeps telling me how much I cried from the cruel stories of cut-off fingers and burnt children when she was reading it to me. This kind of "If you don't behave the bad black man comes and gets
you"-"education" is called "black education" today and I can easily understand why a group like the Tigerlillies, with a strong fascination for the dark things, chooses a book like that to inspire a show from, although I'm surprised, that English blokes pick something from Germany at all. But "Struwwelpeter" was a worldwide success, at least then,
in the 19th century.

On that homepage is a link to the on-line version of the entire book with illustrations and German AND English lyrics... (rhymes, Mimi!)

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From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Truckin
Date: 03 Dec 1999 10:30:45 +1100


All y'all who haven't heard Stompin' Tom Conners croak 'Bud the Spud' better
get yer ears on.

Most Sexist Truckin' tune: 'How Fast Them Trucks Can Go' by Claude Grey
(sample lyric: "...reckless eyeballin' this waitress they got called Flo;
Next thing ya know ya get ta fidgetin' an' fussin' an' a-nudgin' one another
insteada discussin' how she wiggles when she walks n'stuff like that n how
fast them trucks can go..."

Most Heartbraking (sic) Truckin' tune: 'Phantom 309' by Red Sovine

Most Faux Patriotic Truckin' Tune: 'Cowboy, You're America' by Dave Dudley

Actually, anything by Mr. Dudley is a special thing...he had the most
consistantly off-key delivery of any singer I know.

I was turned on to the genre by a four-LP set they sold on TV in the late
80's...I think it was called 'Trucker's Gold'...set me on a long search for
more!

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiger Lillies
Date: 02 Dec 1999 19:46:44 -0500


>Yes, I'm jealous, I'll admit it!
>I tried to get tix during their NY City run with Shockheaded Peter( aka
The Struwwelpeter)

Yow! No wonder Mo's post rang a bell for me. A couple of weeks ago, I saw a
CD (maybe a 2 cd box) of this show in the god-awful mainstream cd section
of a department store! On the classical shelf no less. Right next to the
Three Tenors Christmas, or some such schlock. No, I didn't buy it. I'm
allergic to stores that charge list price.

Funny the places that recordings can infiltrate their way into.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Indie musicians' experiences with MP3.com, IUMA?
Date: 02 Dec 1999 19:51:24 -0500


>sold two different versions of the
>story to Salon and the Dallas Observer. Both were published today:
>Salon
>http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/02/digital_music/index.html
>The Dallas Observer
>http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/current/music2.html

I like the Dallas Observer dance mix best.

Good observations. Confirmed some things I suspected about those sites.
Indeed, why not do your own site, maintain control and avoid being just
another cow in the herd?


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From: kendoll <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) stompin' tom connors
Date: 02 Dec 1999 20:04:13 -0700


just had to mention that i was at a Stompin' Tom concert a year ago. it
was an incredible experience -- the overflow audience was screaming &
rushing the stage as if he was a rock star. the audience was really
diverse, from young alternative types to the gunrack-in-the-pickup-truck
set. Tom even yodeled (a tribute to his hero, Wilf Carter) -- didn't
know he could. He praised college radio for supporting him -- i guess
he's stilled shunned by commercial radio.

Mike Ewanus
All Sales Are Vinyl
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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New soundtrack list
Date: 02 Dec 1999 22:58:30 -0500


Hi exoticats;

Just to let everyone know that there is a new list up and running which
may be of interest to some of you.  The Lava Lamp Soundtrack List is
dedicated to the exotic side of film music, especially those soundtracks
recorded for B Movie, Exploitation and Cult Films of the 1960's and
70's. Additional topics may include soundtrack related material such as
production library music and recordings inspired by soundtracks

You can join this community by going to the following web page:

     http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/LavaLamp

Or you can join by sending email to the following address:

     mailto:[e-mail]

See you there!

(slight disclaimer - I am one of the co-moderators of this list, so I'm
a bit partial!)

ciao,

cheryl


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From: "Kevin Kovelant" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Spacey Music......
Date: 02 Dec 1999 16:10:38 -0500


I'm guessing/hoping you're asking about the cd put out by Dr. Fiorella
Tirenzi a few years back...

Not bad stuff, not exactly the sort of thing you can dance to, though.  At
times it makes the Public Radio shows HEARTS OF SPACE or ECHOES sound like
your average Metallica concert.  The cd is veeeerrrrrrrrrry relaxing.  Plus
Dr. Tirenzi is a babe.

-Kev.




>Hey, anybody have that CD where some scientist gal used "space >sounds" in
her ambient recordings - I think she was British....?

>Good? Boring?

>- Nate




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From: Lazlo Nibble <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) live365.com
Date: 03 Dec 1999 01:35:30 -0700


I don't know if it got mentioned here before -- if it did, I missed the
message.  But live365.com lets ANYONE build a streaming radio show and upload
it to their servers where they host it for free.  If you follow their rules
for frequency of artist played and so forth, they take care of the ASCAP
licensing and everything.

I just found the site a couple of nights ago and was able to get a 3+ hour
show together quick enough that it's up and running right now.  I encourage
those of you who've been building tapes for each other to put together some
programming there and let us know about it!  I'll link to any Exotica-relevant
shows from the list web page.

Maybe I'm just easily impressed but this is the coolest thing I've seen on the
net in a very long time!  Lots of great applications for this -- zine authors
doing shows with the music they feature and review in each issue for
starters...

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Subject: (exotica) Lenny Dee address?
Date: 03 Dec 1999 07:15:26


Several list members have mentioned talking to Lenny in recent years.  I
just got a note from one of his fellow musicians trying to track him down.
Can anyone provide me with an address and/or phone number off list?

Thanks.

Brad Bigelow
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From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) You've got me humming, baby.
Date: 03 Dec 1999 14:35:49 +0100




Humming a sweet song to a shy clitoris is very arousing, claims
Lou Paget, author of the upcoming book "How to Give Her
Absolute Pleasure." In an article in this month's Men's Health, he
claims that a tune's vibrations "transmit sensation to a wider area
than through simple stroking. Slowly and softly humming with
your lips puckered lightly on the outer edges of the love-nub is
highly recommended to any carnal crooner, even if his or her
voice is as wretched as mine. Don't be surprised if your efforts
produce more pleasure than you bargained for."  (from: Salon's Urge)


Any ideas for a sweet song comp? My vote goes to Lorin Whitney &
Ralph Platt, "Jesus is all the world to me" from the album "Pipe
Organ Melodies with bird calls" (thanks, Johan!).

Cheers, Ton


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From: "Phil Clark" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) hammond organs
Date: 03 Dec 1999 13:38:50 -0000


In the ongoing "Hammond organ" debate, someone said:

"Strictly speaking the Hammond is an 'Electric' organ, rather than
'Electronic'. The C3 is identical to the B3 but has a different casing
(c for church, b for home). You can get a pretty good sound out of a lot
of organs though (e.g the other hammond models), and these 1000-quid
modules which Hammond and something else make (forget name) do a
reasonable version (as well as weighing quite a few kilos less!) of the
b3/c3"

As a long-term Hammond afficionado, and member of a band which features one,
I think there are surely many factors which dictate the sound produced by a
tonewheel Hammond: the model of organ itself; the drawbar and voice
settings; the type and model of speaker cab used (Leslie or other); the type
of circuitry (valve or solid state); the condition of the machinery; the way
the kit is miked up  ... the list goes on.

Being strictly an analogue musician, I find that the modern keyboard modules
which purport to give a Hammond sound can only go so far towards reproducing
the "real thing". Playing an electro-mechanical Hammond is an art in itself!
and it's no surprise that players are often renowned for being secretive
about exactly how they achieve their own sounds (well wouldn't you be?).

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Subject: Re: (exotica) hammond organs
Date: 03 Dec 1999 14:34:20 +0000



Talking of Hammonds, the hammond sound is notoriously difficult to
reproduce but the Roland VK7 (a newish digital Hammond clone) comes pretty
close, with thick reverb, good overdrive, and a correct sounding Leslie. I
had a lot of fun with this keyboard in Soho Soundhouse (London music shop).
One of my favourite Hammond tracks is on the Easy Tempo Vol 2 compilation,
The Psycho Beat. I know its the last track on one side (vinyl) and has a
really spacey full-reverb Hammond floating over the top with some very
dramatic keyboard playing. The Italian title of the tune eludes me but it's
now stuck in my head.

Charlie


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Subject: (exotica) Cartoon Q
Date: 03 Dec 1999 14:38:47 +0000


I know this is off topic but does any helpful list member know the name of
a cartoon about a country wolf that comes to stay with a city wolf? The two
hit the town, where the naive country wolf goes crazy over the girls and
embarrasses his host, the city wolf. Late 40s/early 50s Looney Tunes type
production. I would love to find this cartoon again on video.

Thanks all,


Charlie
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Subject: (exotica) [obits]Joey Adams,Dorothy Allison,Charlie Byrd,Mike Ockrent,Gene Rayburn
Date: 03 Dec 1999 10:08:51 -0500


Friday, Dec. 3, 1999; 5:30 a.m. EST

                  NEW YORK ûû Joey Adams, the veteran funnyman and syndicated comedy columnist whose prolific career covered everything from vaudeville to the Catskills to television, died Thursday. He was 88.

                  Adams' column of jokes appeared daily in the New York Post.

                  His legacy includes, according to his "Who's Who" entry, 23 books û everything from his 1946 "From Gags to Riches" through his 1987 "The Roast of the Town."

                  In addition to his books and his newspaper column (dubbed "Just For
                  Laughs"), he appeared in motion pictures ("Ringside" in 1945), on stage ("Guys and Dolls" in 1960), and hosted various radio and TV programs. He was a frequent guest on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and "The Jackie Gleason Show."

                  Adams also worked extensively with the March of Dimes, and received a variety of humanitarian awards.

                  Dorothy Allison
                  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) û Dorothy Allison, a renowned police psychic who helped locate the hideouts of Patty Hearst's kidnappers and later gave an accurate description of "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz, died Wednesday of heart failure. She was 74.

                  Ms. Allison located two hideouts where the Hearst kidnappers stayed in 1974, and correctly predicted that Ms. Hearst would rob a bank with her kidnappers.

                  She also correctly said Berkowitz would be captured with a traffic ticket.

                  In 1980, when she went to Atlanta to consult on the mass killings of children, she guaranteed the killer wouldn't hurt any more children, bared her throat to TV cameras and dared the killer to strangle her.

                  Ms. Allison never took money for the more than 5,000 cases she worked on, although she was paid to make appearances on some TV shows.
Or, see:http://www.parascope.com/en/articles/psychicSleuths.htm
and http://www.skepdic.com/psychdet.html

                  Charlie Byrd
                  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) û Charlie Byrd, who fused Latin, classical, and jazz styles and was considered one of the world's most versatile guitarists, died Thursday of cancer. He was 74.

                  During a career that spanned five decades, Byrd recorded more than 100 albums, one as recently as September. Many of those recordings were with his Charlie Byrd Trio, which included his brother, Joe Byrd, on bass.

                  Byrd might be best known for his influence on Brazilian jazz.

                  He was impressed with Brazilian music during a State Department-sponsored South American concert tour in 1961 and saw the potential for using the samba rhythm in conjunction with jazz improvisation.

                  His 1963 collaboration with Stan Getz, "Jazz Samba," is credited with launching a bossa nova craze in the United States.

                  Byrd grew up in Virginia and learned guitar from his father, a mandolin player. He was inspired to study jazz while stationed in Paris in 1945, and returned to New York to study jazz theory and composition.

                  He added classical guitar to his repertoire after moving to Washington, D.C., in 1950, and he traveled to Italy in 1954 to study by invitation with the great Spanish classical guitarist Andres Segovia.
see http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=10:04:31|AM&p=amg&sql=B6220

                  Mike Ockrent
                  NEW YORK (AP) û Mike Ockrent, director of the long-running musicals "Me and My Girl" and "Crazy for You," died Thursday of acute leukemia. He was 53.

                  He first directed "Me and My Girl," in London in 1985. "Me and My Girl" opened a year later on Broadway where it won Tonys for its stars Robert Lindsay and Maryann Plunkett and ran for more than three years.

                  Among his other London successes were the comedy "Once a Catholic" and the London production of Stephen Sondheim's "Follies."

                  In New York, Ockrent also directed "Rowan Atkinson at the Atkinson," "Big," a concert version of "King David" by Elton John and Tim Rice, and a musical adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," which is an annual production at Madison Square Garden.

                  At the time of his death, Ockrent was preparing a musical version of the movie "The Night They Raided Minsky's," which is scheduled to open in Los Angeles next summer.

                  Gene Rayburn
                  GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) û Gene Rayburn, the jocular host who winked at double entendres during TV's popular "Match Game," died Monday of congestive heart failure. He was 81.

                  The "Match Game" was the top game show during much of the 1970s. Contestants would try to match answers to nonsense questions with a panel of celebrities; the references were often vaguely naughty for daytime TV.

                  Rayburn was nominated for five Daytime Emmy awards. He also invented the long thin microphone that he carried on the show.

                  Born Dec. 22, 1917, in Christopher, Ill., Rayburn initially came to New York City to become an opera singer. After World War II, he became a disc jockey instead, and the "Rayburn & Finch" show with partner Dee Finch on WNEW helped popularize the idea of morning drive time.

                  Moving into TV, he was the sidekick to Steve Allen on NBC's "Tonight" show.

                  He acted in live dramas on "Kraft Theatre" and "Robert Montgomery Presents" and worked for many years in summer stock theater.

                  His wife, Helen, who appeared with Rayburn on the game show "Tattletales," died in 1996.




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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 150 years of Gas
Date: 03 Dec 1999 10:14:02 -0500


Excerpts from the liner notes to "Music from Bach to Rock, a salute to the
150th anniversary of gas" by Harry Fields, his piano and quartet.  A
beautifully illustrated gatefold with booklet.

"Seldom has an artist been so intimately identified with an entire industry
as Harry Fields is with the natural gas industry.  Any time there is a
large gathering of men and women representing various sectors of the gas
energy field, chances are very good that Harry Fields will be there.  It
seems most fitting therefore that Harry Fields offer his own personal
salute to the industry which holds him in such high regard.  As gas enters
its second 150 years, Harry captures some of the enthusiasm and optimism
which are so easy to find in the gas industry these days"

They actually do a pretty nice, jazzy version of "Ritual Fire Dance" and
without mentioning whether the fire was started with gas.  All in all, it's
actually not a bad little record, in the Ramsey Lewis mode.  Barney Kessel,
Shelly Manne, Gene Estes are on it.  And somewhere else, we're informed
that Mr.Gas studied piano with Art Tatum.

ssssss.....

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Cartoon Q
Date: 03 Dec 1999 09:09:28 -0600


>I know this is off topic but does any helpful list member know the name of
>a cartoon about a country wolf that comes to stay with a city wolf? The two
>hit the town, where the naive country wolf goes crazy over the girls and
>embarrasses his host, the city wolf. Late 40s/early 50s Looney Tunes type
>production. I would love to find this cartoon again on video.
>


Sounds like a Tex Avery MGM job.  couldnt tell you the name of that
particular cartoon, but there were a few that featured that
girl-crazy wolf and friends.  they are (or were at one time)
available on video.

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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) exotica grammys
Date: 03 Dec 1999 10:38:54 -0500


At 5:15 PM -0500 12/2/99, [e-mail] wrote:
>[e-mail] wrote re. Esquivel!:
>> In a message dated 12/2/99 8:10:10 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>>Vastly underated as an artist in my opinion. He was/is a genius and
>>should have been awarded one at least once in his life.
>
>
>It's still not too late, Jason. He's got another shot at it when the
>bio-pic is released and when (I won't say "if") the stuff he's been
>working on for the last few years gets recorded and released. Perhaps Br.
>Cleve can give us an update on how those projects are progressing.

Nothing to really report on either front. I don't believe Juan has made
much progress on his new arrangements. As for the film - - I believe they
may be signing a new director soon. Those of us who were originally
involved are a bit out of the loop right now.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Cartoon Q
Date: 03 Dec 1999 16:08:29 GMT



On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 14:38:47 +0000
Charles_Moseley/LON/Europe/[e-mail] wrote:

> From: Charles_Moseley/LON/Europe/[e-mail]> Date: Fri, 3
Dec 1999 14:38:47 +0000
> Subject: (exotica) Cartoon Q
> To: [e-mail]
>
>
> I know this is off topic but does any helpful list member know the name of
> a cartoon about a country wolf that comes to stay with a city wolf? The two
> hit the town, where the naive country wolf goes crazy over the girls and
> embarrasses his host, the city wolf. Late 40s/early 50s Looney Tunes type
> production. I would love to find this cartoon again on video.
>
> Thanks all,
>
>
> Charlie
> [e-mail]
>
It's a Tex Avery cartoon from 1949 called Little Rural Riding Hood, which I think is the last in the
series of Wolf and Red films. I think it's available on a compilation called MGM Cartoon Magic,
but whether that video's still available or not I don't know.




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Subject: (exotica) Thrifting on a Thursday
Date: 03 Dec 1999 07:56:54 -0800 (PST)




My 6th sense sent me back to the same store to go thrifting again yesterday.
I went in an looked through the same records and up popped:

Mr Bongo Plays in HI-FI  Cha Cha Cha  by Jack Costanzo.

I felt great for finding this and was paying for it at the checkout counter
and while I was waiting for the clerk to ring it up I went back to look at
the the albums and noticed 5 boxes on the floor.   Started looking through
them and was immediately wowed by:

Hawaii   The Surfmen   Sounds great and what a zany cover!
77 SUNSET STRIP   OST-TV  Right up my bachelor pad alley and I dig the solid
ties, suit coats and black,  open collar shirt

MONDO CANE #2  Kai Winding  This album rocks with that sound of the Toranados
on "Telestar" and now sound arrangements.  Kai gets that sound by  playing
the Ondioline abd he rocks with it!  And there are super cool guitar solos by
Les Spam.  This was a sealed record for a dollar.  Its more thrilling than
lots of the newest cds I own.

Also got
Goldfinger The Big  Sound of Billy Stange and his Orchestra.
The Young and the Restless OST-TV
Great Instrumental Hits Styled by Johan Jones  Great!!! album cover!!
Music for Daydreaming   The Melachrino Orch   album cover in perfect
condition and what a cover!   I've seen it before probably at King Kini's
Music to Watch Girls by The Girl Watchers
Leaving on a Jet Plane   Percy Faith
Goldfinger OST
The Many Sides of the Serendipity Singers   sealed
I could have got their other album sealed but I passed for $1.50
Warm and Willing   Anna Maria Alberghetti
Joy  Percy Faith
Baja Marimba Band  S/T
Girl Watcher  The O'Kaysions    Smooth soul sounds of the mid 60's

Sleep Baby Sleep agreat collection of lullabies sung by Doris Day, Anna maria
Alberghetti, Norman Luboff,  Dihhann Carrol.   One song is a medely with
Mitch Miller, the Sandpipers ans Anne LLoyd

Easy listening in the Big easy
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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, December 5
Date: 03 Dec 1999 11:27:49 -0500


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome.

Space Bop #74   Latin Love-In

Laurent Lombard:  Latino Rigolo  "Hi Fi Stereo Remixes"
Ursula 1000:  Mambo 1000  "The Now Sound Of..."
Perez Prado:  Patricia  "Big Hits By Prado"
Take Rodriguez:  Mambotimbarumba  "Pasion de Ritmo"

Pascal Comelade:  Comiendo la Banana d'Ayer  "Swing Slang Song"
Liberace:  El Bimbo  "Lounging With Lee"
Lalo Schifrin:  Caravan  "Piano Espanol"
Edmundo Ros:  Tequila  "Dig It!"
James Last:  Happy Brasilia  "Espresso Espresso"

Under A Blue Sky:  Melancholic Bossa  "Kidnap International"
Gary McFarland:  I Want To Hold Your Hand  "A Trip To Brazil"
Quintetto X:  Ceu azul  "Novo esquema da bossa"

Chris Waxman:  Mas Que Nada  "Dig It!"
Walter Wanderley:  Girl From Ipanema  "Samba Swing!"
Os Namorados:  Es Quero Um Samba  "A Trip To Brazil"
Gotz Alsmann:  Goza Guapa Cha  "Zuckersuss"



Thanks for reading.


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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Don "Sugarcane" Harris,Charlie Byrd
Date: 03 Dec 1999 13:04:42 -0500


From today's L.A. Times:
Don 'Sugarcane' Harris; Pioneering Rock Violinist
By RICHARD CROMELIN, Times Staff Writer
Don "Sugarcane" Harris, a pioneering rock violinist who played with
artists ranging from Little Richard to Frank Zappa to John Mayall, died last week. He was 61.

Harris' body was discovered Tuesday night in the room he rented in
South-Central Los Angeles. His longtime musical partner Dewey Terry said he died of natural causes after a long struggle with pulmonary disease. The Pasadena native's career began with doo-wop and rhythm and blues groups and went on to encompass early rock 'n' roll, jazz and underground rock.

"He really put rock 'n' roll violin on the map, and I think he's still
probably the best rock 'n' roll violinist there's ever been, Papa John
Creach notwithstanding," musicologist Barry Hansen, a.k.a. radio
personality Dr. Demento, said Thursday.

Harris, who was given his nickname by bandleader Johnny Otis, started
out in the doo-wop group the Squires, which included his childhood
friend Terry. The two began playing rock 'n' roll in 1956 as Don &
Dewey. Signed to the Los Angeles label Specialty Records, home of Little Richard and Lloyd Price, they wrote and recorded a series of singles that included "Justine," "Farmer John," "Big Boy Pete" and "I'm Leaving It All Up to You."

None were nationally successful, but versions of the songs recorded
later by the Olympics, the Premiers, Dale & Grace and the Righteous
Brothers became hits. In addition, Harris and Terry played in Little
Richard's backing band on tour in Europe, along with a young guitarist
named Jimi Hendrix.

The Beatles-led British invasion dried things up for groups such as Don & Dewey, who went their separate ways in the mid-1960s. Later in the decade, Harris found an unlikely niche, contributing to four albums by rock renegade Zappa and then joining English rock-blues founding father Mayall. He also recorded his own albums of jazz-influenced improvisation, and in the early 1970s with another Mayall sideman, guitarist Harvey Mandel, in the blues-rock group Pure Food and Drug Act. "As a violin player, he really was in a category all of his own," Mayall said this week.

"He played with an aggressive, electronic [style], the same sort of
vitality that an electric guitar would have."

Harris also contended with a drug habit for much of his career.

"He had a wonderful sense of humor, a very gentle sort of person," said Mayall, who had sought Harris out after being impressed by his playing on the Don & Dewey single "Stretchin' Out."

"The only thing that stood in his way was his unreliability with the
drug thing, which was sort of his downfall," Mayall added. "Occasionally he would disappear. You just had to take that as it came. . . . He never had a phone number. You usually had to leave a message for Dewey's mother or something like that and somehow the word would get back and he'd call in."

Harris and Terry got back together in 1975 and played together until a
year ago, when Harris' health declined. Terry had made new recordings of the duo in recent years in his home studio, but none have been released.

Harris, who is divorced, is survived by a daughter and two sons.

   LOS ANGELES, Dec 2 (AFP) -  Don "Sugarcane" Harris, a pioneering
jazz, blues and rock violinist, has died, a longtime collaborator
and friend said. He was 61.
   Harris, who played with John Lee Hooker, Sam Cooke and Frank
Zappa, among others, was found dead in his apartment by his landlord
on Wednesday night, Dewey Terry said.
   He had been ill with a pulmonary disease for the last couple of
years, said Terry, who wrote most of the hits they had together.
   In 1956 the two formed the Don and Dewey duo, writing and
performing songs such as "Coco Joe," "Justine," "Farmer John," "Big
Boy Pete" and "I'm Leaving You." Donny Osmond, Neil Young and the
Premieres covered some of their songs.
   Harris was trained as a classical violinist. His talent for
improvisation attracted the attention of rock promoters, and he soon
found himself playing alongside Hooker, Zappa and Johnny Otis.
   "The original American music was created by us way back, along
with Little Richard and Elvis Presley," Terry said. "I've been doing
a lot of crying."
   In the 1970s, Harris enjoyed a resurgence in popularity when he
performed with the late Zappa at the old Ash Grove club in Los
Angeles. Zappa also used him on his records.
   "He had classical technique, but blues and jazz sensibilities
underlying it all," said Nigey Lennon, who wrote a book about
Zappa.
   "He seemed to have the best of all worlds, playing in his own
unique style. I've never heard anything like him before or since."
   Terry said he and Harris performed together until Harris became
too ill to work. They played mostly in England and France, where
they were better known in recent years than in the United States.

    ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Legendary jazz guitarist and composer Charlie Byrd died Thursday of cancer at his home in Annapolis, Md., at the age of 74.
    Byrd died with family members at his side, including his wife Becky, a registered nurse, and his brother Joe, who played bass in the Charlie Byrd Trio for some 40 years.
    Joe Byrd's wife, Elena, who was also Charlie Byrd's attorney, told United Press International that Byrd played his last professional date on Sept. 18 at the King of France Tavern in Annapolis, where he played frequently since he headlined the club's opening night in 1973.
    Elena Byrd also said Byrd recently completed work on a new CD, a tribute to legendary jazz trumpeter-singer Louis Armstrong that is
scheduled to be released in January.
    Charlie Byrd was born in Suffolk, Va., on Sept. 16, 1925. At 10, he started taking guitar lessons from his father.
    He played at high school dances and went on to study at what is now Virginia Tech University.
    Byrd was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943 and saw combat in Europe. After the war, he performed for troops in a Special Services band.
    While stationed in Paris, Byrd met and played with guitarist Django Reinhardt. The experience inspired him to study jazz theory and
composition at Harnett National Music School in New York City.
    Byrd was already an established figure on the East Coast jazz scene when he went to Italy in 1954 to study with one of the guitar's all-time masters, Andres Segovia.
    He operated his own club, the Showboat, in Washington, D.C. from 1957-66, and was named Downbeat magazine's new artist of the year in 1959.
    Byrd achieved major stardom in the early '60s when -- by himself and with saxophonist Stan Getz -- he introduced American audiences to the bossa nova beat of Brazilian jazz, with such hits as ``One Note Samba,''``Desafinado'' and ``Meditation.''
    Byrd appeared often with symphony orchestras, including the National, Baltimore and Minnesota Symphonies. In 1973 he published a book, ``Charlie Byrd's Melodic Method for Guitar.''
    Byrd recorded more than 100 albums, including ``Latin Byrd'' and ``Byrd at the Gate,'' a mainstream jazz session with trumpeter Clark Terry.
    He was first diagnosed with bladder cancer 20 years ago. Elena Byrd says he recovered from the disease, but was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1990 and had part of a lung removed.
    She said Byrd knew in late September that his condition was terminal and described the last three weeks as a time of ``intense family togetherness'' -- with Joe and another brother, Jack, playing music at his bedside.
    ``I think he would have liked to stay a lot longer,'' she said. ``He was only 74, but that's not to say that he wasn't brave and accepting.''
    A musical memorial service is scheduled for Dec. 11 at the First Unitarian Church in Annapolis.
    A family memorial service is planned for a later date in Chuckatuck, Va., where Byrd's ashes will be interred at Oakland Christian Church cemetery.




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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Three Things: Mirageman
Date: 03 Dec 1999 13:57:52 +0100


I do think he's 70's..

I like "Thrilling" & "Thunder And Lighting" a lot! If you digged the "Sound
Gallery" stuff, you'll probably also like this. Ignore the "file under easy
listening" label, as this is wild and dangerous stuff! (beautiful digi-pack
sleeve too!)

fom the sleeve: psychedelic acid funk with violent trashings of fuzz guitar

        Johan


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From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Shirley
Date: 03 Dec 1999 10:46:04 -0800 (PST)


I just saw this Shirley Bassey album at a local Thrift
and was VERY excited

Until I pulled out the record.  It looked like someone
had been cleaning their boots on it for twenty years.
How does a record get that screwed up?  Who would
perform just a travesty?


Peter

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Shirley
Date: 03 Dec 1999 14:13:29 -0500



>Until I pulled out the record.  It looked like someone
>had been cleaning their boots on it for twenty years.
>How does a record get that screwed up?  Who would
>perform just a travesty?

1. Kids.  I was at an estate sale and one of the grown grandkids reminisced
about how they used throw gramma's record's like frisbees.
2. Rural folks used to nail record to the sides of barns and outhouses.
3. Nature.  Sometimes there are floods in basements, fires, etc....
4. Folks who buy bad stereos.
5. Morons.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Three Things: Mirageman
Date: 03 Dec 1999 20:25:54 +0100


> I do think he's 70's..

me too...

>(beautiful digi-pack
> sleeve too!)

thats from the legendary Simeoni, who was artist for sereval movie posters
in that period and who in recent times has become a cult artist for cd
covers, making cover art for lots of releases from Irma, Right Tempo and
similar labels!
Last saturday and sunday I was at a sort of record fair/indie music
meeting.
we had a space as Kutmusic and Ecl3ctic for electronica and digital
distribution of all music genres on various sites.
A friend of mine stole tons of mini-posters from irma (looks like there was
an abandoned Irma stand!!) and there were a few Simeonei drawings including
the cover to Mirageman albums... I should see him tomorrow and make some
exchanges... if I get any of those I was thinking about putting some on
ebay...

DjB


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Shirley
Date: 03 Dec 1999 14:46:55 -0500


I used to take an unwanted disk and spin it across the ground so our
black Lab could run after it, get some paws on it and go skidding for
a few yards. Which of your categories does that put me in, Brian?
(Secretly hoping to fit in at least 3)
Lou
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Brian Phillips <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>Until I pulled out the record.  It looked like someone
>had been cleaning their boots on it for twenty years.
>How does a record get that screwed up?  Who would
>perform just a travesty?

1. Kids.  I was at an estate sale and one of the grown grandkids reminisced
about how they used throw gramma's record's like frisbees.
2. Rural folks used to nail record to the sides of barns and outhouses.
3. Nature.  Sometimes there are floods in basements, fires, etc....
4. Folks who buy bad stereos.
5. Morons.

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From: "Stephen W. Worth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cartoon Question
Date: 03 Dec 1999 12:02:50 -0800


exotica-digest wrote:

>I know this is off topic but does any helpful list member know the name of
>a cartoon about a country wolf that comes to stay with a city wolf?

Tex Avery's "Little Rural Red Riding Hood" MGM/1949
It's on several of the Tex Avery collections and they play it on
Cartoon Network. Music by Scott Bradley (just to keep it on topic).

See ya
Steve


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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Shirley
Date: 03 Dec 1999 21:44:42 +0100


>Until I pulled out the record.  It looked like someone
>had been cleaning their boots on it for twenty years.
>How does a record get that screwed up?  Who would
>perform just a travesty?

Brian Phillips:

>1. Kids.  I was at an estate sale and one of the grown grandkids
reminisced
>about how they used throw gramma's record's like frisbees.
>2. Rural folks used to nail record to the sides of barns and outhouses.

>3. Nature.  Sometimes there are floods in basements, fires, etc....
>4. Folks who buy bad stereos.
>5. Morons.

6.  Jeep drivers in the Sahara to help the car out of deep sand.
7.  Racing tracks used it as road surface and also as barriers before
they found out asphalt and tires work much better.
8.  Heat shields of NASA space crafts.
9.  Circus companies like "The musical elephants with vinyl shoes".
10.  Folks without stereos playing records with a knife.

Mo




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From: Bruce Lenkei <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) travesty
Date: 03 Dec 1999 16:00:10 -0500 (EST)



>Until I pulled out the record.  It looked like someone
>had been cleaning their boots on it for twenty years.
>How does a record get that screwed up?  Who would
>perform just a travesty?

I'm always a bit amazed when I find not just dust, but actual dirt on old
records.

The funniest thing I found was a bunch of records that had been stored in a
basement, and you can see how high the flood waters rose by the
discoloration on each album.



++++++++++++++++++++

Lenkei Design

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From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies
Date: 03 Dec 1999 16:03:12 -0500


Moritz wrote:

> I really want to see that show too. I grew up with this "Struwwelpeter"-book, it was one of the 3 most poular children's books in Germany and my mom keeps telling me how much I cried from the cruel s> you"-"education" is called "black education" today and I can easily understand why a group like the Tigerlillies, with a strong fascination for the dark things, chooses a book
like that to inspire a > in the 19th century.

>... I can easily
> understand why a group like the Tigerlillies, with a strong
> fascination for the dark things, chooses a book like that to inspire
> a show from, although I'm surprised, that English blokes pick
> something from Germany
I'm trying to figure out that whole dark side of the musical spectrum
in the UK... Current 93, Nurse With Wound, Karl Blake, Danielle
Dax, etc.  and where these inspirations come from, though England
has quite a "gothic" past too so... Its funny that I stumbled on the
Tiger Lillies some weeks back during a search for Karl Blake's group
The Shock Headed Peters! After visiting Prague, I could instantly
visualize the influence of this place and culture on many children's
fairy tales.  I believe Cinderella's castle in Disneyland is a copy
of or at least inspired by a German castle? I'd take it as a
compliment to the German imagination Moritz!

On a more techical note... is it just me (I'm on digest format)
but it seems that many of the messages that come from Moritz,
have extraordinarily long lines.  Is this coming from Moritz (I know
he's a Mac user),  the exotca server,  or is something in my own mail
reader.  It's more a nuisance in replying as the line clips off at a
certain point.  I get this same thing happening from time to time
with other e-mails so I'd be happy to understand the cause.

Brian Karasick
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McGill University
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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Shirley
Date: 03 Dec 1999 16:02:25 -0500


At 02:46 PM 12/3/99 -0500, you wrote:

>I used to take an unwanted disk and spin it across the ground so our
>black Lab could run after it, get some paws on it and go skidding for
>a few yards. Which of your categories does that put me in, Brian?
>(Secretly hoping to fit in at least 3)

6. If it was by Quarterflash or Air Supply then that put you in the
category of "records that darned well deserved any fate but playing".



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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Trikont
Date: 03 Dec 1999 22:07:36 +0100


Got the new 1999/2000 catalog of German label Trikont in the mailbox today.
Nothing earthshattering imminent besides a cd series called "Rare
Shelllacks" with early 20th century recordings of German singers and
humorists. Another one called "Prayers from Hell : white gospel & sinners'
blues 1927-1940" looks interesting, again rare 78 stuff.
Still available though are the following interesting historical releases::

v/a - Finnischer Tango
v/a - Ho! : Vietnam Roady Music 2000  (Vietnames streetmusic)
v/a - Down & out - The Sad Soul of the Black South  (deep soul comp.)
v/a - Dead & Gone #1 : funeral marches  (from all over the world)
v/a - Dead & Gone #2 : Songs of death
v/a - La Paloma : one song for all world vol.1-3 (about 75 versions in
total!)
v/a - American Yodeling : from 1911 to 1945

Trikont on the web: www.trikont.de


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Subject: (exotica) Esquivel article in Pulse magazine
Date: 03 Dec 1999 16:12:42 -0500




A friend just Email me telling me that "Pulse magazine (the free magazine
at Tower records) has an article about Esquivel. It's about 3 pages long
and there is a full page picture.
Domenic
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Thrifting on a Friday-Product Music
Date: 03 Dec 1999 12:51:56 -0800 (PST)


Went to the good ole Good Will today and picked up some 50 cent records

Tommorow Media The TCM Companies   This looks like product music

A Tost to the Ivy  This is football music as played y the Harvard university
Band, with music about varous teams and announcement.

The Railway Children  OST

Made for Each Other  OST

The Cascading Voices of the Hugo & Luigi Chorus

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) nuke pop/googie
Date: 03 Dec 1999 16:56:50 -0500


Thanks to the Scout Report, here're 2 more sites of interest.
-Lou
[e-mail]


Nuke Pop
 http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/nukepop/

 Created by Washington State University Professor of English Paul
 Brians, this site offers a tour of popular culture reactions to the
 atomic age using materials from Brians's own collection. Examining
 novels, comics, films, album covers, and other materials, the site
 moves from initial reactions to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 up to recent depictions of nuclear holocaust. Along the way, it
 examines topics such as the monstrification of the A- and H-Bombs the
 in comic books, "Bomberotica" and "Radioactive Rambos"; atomic themes
 in toys and games; and nuclear war themes in Japanese comics and
 cartoons. Users may progress through the exhibit in a linear fashion
 or navigate by section from the table of contents page. Sections vary
 in length, but each offers a number of images accompanied by
 commentary from Brians.

 Googie Architecture On-Line
 http://home.fea.net/~cjepsen/googie.htm

 Step into George Jetson's living room at this site created by Chris
 Jepsen as an homage to the 1950s space-age, commercial architecture
 sometimes called "Googie," after a Los Angeles coffee shop built in
 1949. Although you may not be familiar with the term, you will
 recognize the style as you browse the site's Googie Gallery, which
 includes views of Disneyland, the 1964 World's Fair in New York, and
 superb Googie coffee shops and bowling alleys in Southern California,
 Googie's birthplace. Serious architectural historians may regard
 Googie as an eccentricity within American 20th-Century Architecture,
 but the site's Googie Links provide references to numerous books,
 articles, and Websites, and Googie News recounts historic
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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 120 Years of Electronic Music
Date: 03 Dec 1999 23:49:34 +0100


http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/


Arjan




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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Claude Denjean & Edmundo Ros
Date: 03 Dec 1999 14:57:50 -0800 (PST)


Venus by Claude Denjean just is fantastic.  I have it on "Dig It the Sound of
Phase 4" compiled by the Karminsky Brothers.  Does he do other songs like
this or as good as this??

Another 2 songs  on the Phase 4 label that are just utterly fantastic are La
Bamba and also BE IN sung  by Edmundo Ros and Caterine Valente.  Both songs
just rock out wildly!   Each is the first song on the side of the  record
album which has a title like sweet and hot but these are the 2 standouts on
it.

Gotta love that Phase 4 lable!!!!

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Claude Denjean & Edmundo Ros
Date: 03 Dec 1999 18:41:30 EST


Claude Denjean is fantastic.. I thoroughly enjoy his albums.. his version of
Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" on Open Circuit is one of my favourite moog
songs.

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From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies
Date: 04 Dec 1999 00:57:28 +0100


 >On a more techical note... is it just me (I'm on digest format)
>but it seems that many of the messages that come from Moritz,
>have extraordinarily long lines.  Is this coming from Moritz (I know
>he's a Mac user),  the exotca server,  or is something in my own mail
>reader.  It's more a nuisance in replying as the line clips off at a
>certain point.  I get this same thing happening from time to time
>with other e-mails so I'd be happy to understand the cause.


It happens when Moritz writes HTML instead of ascii. Replying
to the HTML messages is often a nuissance, yes, had the intention
of bringing it to him myself one of these days. Take note, Mo.

Cheers, Ton


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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Project: Pimento
Date: 03 Dec 1999 23:54:55 -0000


Listees might light to hear sublime theremin treatments of "Moon
River", "Desafinado" and other tracks by new band Project:
Pimento.

MP3s available from:

http://come.to/projectpimento/

I should stress that this is nothing to do with me - I just wish I
*could* play the theremin this well!


Robbie, aspiring thereminist


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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Claude Denjean & Edmundo Ros
Date: 03 Dec 1999 23:54:55 -0000


chuck wrote:

> Venus by Claude Denjean just is fantastic.  I have it on "Dig It the Sound
> of Phase 4" compiled by the Karminsky Brothers.  Does he do other songs
> like this or as good as this??

I have "Moog!" which this track comes from.  To be honest it's the
only track I remember really standing out but it is a pretty good
album.


Robbie


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From: Nathan Miner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) You've got me humming, baby.
Date: 03 Dec 1999 10:18:34 -0500


Ba dum ba da dum-dum

Ba dum ba da dum-dum

Ba dum ba da dum-dummmmmmmm

Ba dum ba da dum!!!!!!!!!!!



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From: M H Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies
Date: 04 Dec 1999 12:07:32 +0000


Ton Rueckert wrote:
>
>  >On a more techical note... is it just me (I'm on digest format)
> >but it seems that many of the messages that come from Moritz,
> >have extraordinarily long lines.  Is this coming from Moritz (I know
> >he's a Mac user),  the exotca server,  or is something in my own mail
> >reader.  It's more a nuisance in replying as the line clips off at a
> >certain point.  I get this same thing happening from time to time
> >with other e-mails so I'd be happy to understand the cause.
>
> It happens when Moritz writes HTML instead of ascii. Replying
> to the HTML messages is often a nuissance, yes, had the intention
> of bringing it to him myself one of these days. Take note, Mo.

Messages should be sent as plain text (ASCII) (the Address Book in
Outlook has the option to set plain text just for Exotica if you'd
prefer to still send HTML to others). Word wrapping should be set 'on'
and at somewhere between 72 and 78. (Edit/Preferences... in Netscape, or
Tools/Options... in Outlook). It's all up to the sender, unfortunately,
since mail programs don't seem to be able to word wrap incoming
messages.

Reading the Obits over the past few months has also been a pain for me
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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies
Date: 04 Dec 1999 15:48:19 +0100


Brian Karasick wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out that whole dark side of the musical spectrum
> in the UK... Current 93, Nurse With Wound, Karl Blake, Danielle
> Dax, etc.  and where these inspirations come from, though England
> has quite a "gothic" past too so... Its funny that I stumbled on the
> Tiger Lillies some weeks back during a search for Karl Blake's group
> The Shock Headed Peters! After visiting Prague, I could instantly
> visualize the influence of this place and culture on many children's
> fairy tales.  I believe Cinderella's castle in Disneyland is a copy
> of or at least inspired by a German castle? I'd take it as a
> compliment to the German imagination Moritz!

I guess when you go into Cabaret, you can't escape certain German influences mainly stemming from the 20s and 30s. Listening to the Tiger Lillies CD at home today was a bit disappointing although I had kind of expected it would happen. On a sound medium the songs should be produced much bigger and there should be less elements of Cabaret and maybe more jazzy ones.

Cinderella Castle is taken from Schloss Neuschwanstein built by the Bavarian camp king Ludwig the 2nd who never really lived there, because he mysteriously died before. You can find a link on the Munich page of my homepage.

http://moritzR.de

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Subject: (exotica) HTML vs. ascii
Date: 04 Dec 1999 15:51:45 +0100


Brian K. & Ton Rueckert wrote:

>  >On a more techical note... is it just me (I'm on digest format)
> >but it seems that many of the messages that come from Moritz,
> >have extraordinarily long lines.  Is this coming from Moritz (I know
> >he's a Mac user),  the exotca server,  or is something in my own mail
> >reader.  It's more a nuisance in replying as the line clips off at a
> >certain point.  I get this same thing happening from time to time
> >with other e-mails so I'd be happy to understand the cause.
>
>
> It happens when Moritz writes HTML instead of ascii. Replying
> to the HTML messages is often a nuissance, yes, had the intention
> of bringing it to him myself one of these days. Take note, Mo.

This is definitely not the case. I never send HTML-mails to the Exotica list
because they are rejected. I had problems with long lines in mails by several
people until I changed the referring preference in one of the Navigator menus
dealing with incoming mails. Can't remember which it was though.

I use HTML in some private mails, when I include pics and play with colors,
backgrounds and typefaces, but even that has nothing to do with wrapping of
long lines, because HTML wraps as well as ascii... When I send those mails to
myself they are perfectly wrapped.
I take for granted that HTML- compatible mail readers are so common these days
that everybody has one. They are free to download.

Mo


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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fwd: Shaggs reunion show
Date: 04 Dec 1999 11:56:52 -0500


We seem to have missed notice of it, but there was recently a Shaggs
reunion performance. A friend passed on this report from "a Jonathan
Richman page."

-m.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 14:02:12 -0500
>From: "Combs, Steve" <-----@------>
>Subject: Jojo: Shaggs Review, Bowery Ballroom
>
>Cult Favorites The Shaggs Delight & Confuse At Reunion Show
>
>                     Nov 22, 1999, 11:35 am PT
>
>Depending on your point of view,the Shaggs are either one of the greatest
>rock bands
>of all time or one of the worst -- there's no middle ground.   At the
>very least, the story of
>these cult favorites is one of rock music's most intiiguing. That's why
>their brief appearance at New York's Bowery Ballroom on  Saturday (Nov.
>20) night was a[n] historic event: it was their first show in 25 years;
>their first show ever outside of their hometown of Fremont, N.H.; and
>since most of their fans only became aware of them after NRBQ keyboardist
>Terry Adams convinced his label, Rounder, to reissue the Shaggs' debut
>album in 1980, it was the first time most anybody had ever seen them.
>
>And the occasion warranted it: NRBQ, the longtime Boston bar band with
>the extremely loyal Northeastern fanbase, was celebrating its 30th
>anniversary with a two-night stand here, and pulling out all the stops.
>Since the Shaggs owed so much of their resurgent popularity to Adams,
>they obliged -- at least, two of them did.
>
>Dot Wiggin (who wrote virtually all of the band's songs in the late '60s)
>and Betty Wiggin walked onstage to a roar of applause, accompanied by
>NRBQ drummer Tom Ardolino, who was sitting in for the third Wiggin
>sister, Helen. "She couldn't make it," said Dot -- not surprisingly,
>since live
>performance is not exactly a priority in their lives these days.
>
>The Wiggin sisters are now middle-aged, long married and settled, and far
>removed  from 1969, when they were three na∩ve teenage girls prodded by
>their domineering father, Austin Wiggin, to form a rock band. Despite the
>fact that they had barely learned to play their instruments -- two
>electric guitars and a drum -- Austin  Wiggin paid for a day in a
>recording studio, where they
>recorded the songs that  became Philosophy of the World, now considered a
>masterpiece by some, including  Frank Zappa, who once called it his third
>all-time favorite album.
>
>Indeed, even though the album is, by conventional standards, an utter
>mess --the guitars are out of tune, there is no discernable rhythm to the
>drumming, and the melodies childlike at best -- there is a fascinating
>artistry to Dot Wiggin's songs, which explore themes such as pets,
>parents, and
>Halloween. It's the aural equivalent of fingerpainting as high art.
>
>At any rate, on Saturday night, the Wiggin sisters still retained much of
>their na∩ve charm. They opened with "Philosophy of the World" (with its
>memorable refrain, "The poor people want what the rich people got/ And
>the rich people want what the poor people got..."), attempting to strum
>their two out-of-tune Fender Stratocasters (quite an upgrade, for them),
>squinting at lyric sheets for help, and once again attempting to
>harmonize in their own unique way, as Ardolino did his
>best to approximate Helen's sense of timing. Although both sisters were
>appreciably nervous, Dot seemed genuinely excited to be there --
>introducing each song in her thick New Hampshire dialect, and even going
>so far as to ask for audience participation on "He's My Cutie" (!).
>
>Their four-song set also included the emotional "Painful Memories" and,
>for the big finale, "My Pal Foot Foot" -- "the song
>we know you've all been waiting for," said Dot proudly.  Unfortunately,
>this rendition disintegrated into even more confusion than usual, as Dot
>and Betty seemed to lose rhythm,melody, and lyrics at various points in
>the song.
>
>Oddly, though, it was not the most ideal scenario for a Shaggs reunion:
>despite the NRBQ support, that band's fans (mostly drunk, forty-something
>loyalists) appeared to grow impatient with Dot and Betty, once they
>stopped laughing after the first song. Thankfully, there were just enough
>Shaggs curiosity-seekers mixed into the crowd to appreciate them -- and
>rightly so,
>considering it may be another 25 years before anyone sees them again.
>
> - -- John Bitzer


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Subject: Re:  (exotica) Claude Denjean & Edmundo Ros
Date: 04 Dec 1999 12:46:37 EST



In a message dated 12/3/99 5:58:14 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Venus by Claude Denjean just is fantastic.  I have it on "Dig It the Sound of
>Phase 4" compiled by the Karminsky Brothers.  Does he do other songs like
>this or as good as this??

The whole LP is great. Ask BasicHip


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From: "Elisabeth Vincentelli" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies
Date: 04 Dec 1999 14:24:21 -0500


I'd never really cared for the Tiger Lillies until I saw Shock Headed Peter
here in New York maybe 6 weeks ago. What a great piece of theater!
Inventively creepy and very, very funny. They adapted actual lines from the
book for the songs, and they worked beautifully. If this show is ever
performed in your town, go see it, it's really worth it.

Elisabeth


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies
Date: 04 Dec 1999 23:01:18 +0100


Elisabeth Vincentelli wrote:
>
> I'd never really cared for the Tiger Lillies until I saw Shock Headed Peter
> here in New York maybe 6 weeks ago. What a great piece of theater!

The entire show seems to be mucher more interesting than just the music on a CD.

Mo


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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies/Shock Headed Peters
Date: 04 Dec 1999 17:36:30 -0500


 Its funny that I stumbled on the
>> Tiger Lillies some weeks back during a search for Karl Blake's group
>> The Shock Headed Peters!

wow, how exotic!
i never thought i would be reading about the Shock Headed Peters on the
exotica page...they truely had my favorite tunes from DARKSIDE bands, along
with Death In June, Current 93, Butthole Surfers, Christian Death, Sisters
of Mercy.
as far as the Shock Headed Peters go, i just have the Kissing of the Gods 7"
with a great B-side tune Always Be Waiting, the LP Not Born Beautiful and
the 12" Life Extinguisher (my fav).
i never knew what the heck happened to them after 1986.
if anyone knows, hip me to it!
i would love to hear more. guess i will do a search too!
never heard Tiger Lillies.

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Subject: (exotica) Tiger Lillies/Shock Headed Peters
Date: 04 Dec 1999 17:54:43 -0500


just did a search and found other Shock Headed Peters albums i did not know
about...
if anyone could tell me anything about them please do.
thanx
bump

SEVERAL HEADED  ENEMY
FEAR ENGINE II
TENDERCIDE


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From: Michael Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Muppet Show Exotica?
Date: 05 Dec 1999 13:06:56 +0000



Curious question time:

One of the TV Channels here in New Zealand has just started repeating
"The Muppet Show" - supposedly almost all the episodes in chronological
order.
Are there any "exotica" related episodes/guest stars that are really
worth watching out for??   I know there must be a "Quiet Village"
takeoff somewhere on here - any idea who the guest star was?

Picked up my 3rd copy of "The Liquidator" OST today & despite it looking
nice & clean copy it sounds as muddy as all my other copies :(
Was there a bad run of pressings of this?

ta.

Mike


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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Date: 04 Dec 1999 18:12:42 -0600


This week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast has jungle jazz by Esquivel
(from "See It In Sound"), Les Baxter, The Shadows and Shorty Rogers
(from "Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan");  mambo with Machito and Tito
Puente;  "Fresca 99" from Astroslut's new CD;  bossa nova by Balanco
and Wanda de Sah;  a live recording of Martin Denny at Duke
Kahanamoku's;  tracks from Taboo Records' "Duke Kahanamoku Presents
A Beachboy Party";  plus Al Caiola, Enoch Light, Armando Trovaioli,
Henry Mancini and The Paradise Island Trio (think The Three Suns go
Hawaiian!).

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, just go to:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

Or listen to the live, STEREO webcast at 7:00pm central time at:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/realaudio/index.htm

Either way, you'll need a minimum 28.8 Internet connection and
RealPlayer.

As always, you comments, suggestions and requests are always welcome.

Thanks for the space!

Darrell Brogdon
[e-mail]
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU Radio
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Muppet Show Exotica?
Date: 04 Dec 1999 19:59:37 EST


The Muppet Show and Sesame Street both produced versions of "Mah Na Mah Na"
and most people are surprised to find out that the songs were not Jim Henson
originals.


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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) the song of the press
Date: 04 Dec 1999 20:20:07 -0500


From "Impressions in Color" brought to you by the Bergstrom Papers Company...

"Everyone who has ever worked around printing presses knows that each press
sings its own song.
What everyone may not realize is that each press actually sings several
songs.  That is one of the fascinating things that composer Bill Walker
found out when he was creating these unusual pieces which are derived from
the rhythms of the printing presses...
This possible choice of rhythms is one of the provocative elements in the
compositions that Bill Walker has built on the sounds of working presses.
Each piece begins with the functioning sound of the press.  You, the
listener, sense a rhythm.  When the musicians come in, they may be playing
your rhythm - or, to your surprise, they may be marching to a slightly
different beat.  That different beat may throw you at first.  But go back
and listen again.  You'll find it's just Bill Walker hearing something a
little deeper in the rhythm than you did.
That's because Walker has had a broader experience in this kind of
compositional challenge than most musicians ever run into.  He has created
musical settings for subjects as far apart as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
and Duncan Hines Early American Date-Nut Mix..."





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From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies & Shock Headed Peters
Date: 05 Dec 1999 00:34:00 -0500


Elisabeth wrote:

> I'd never really cared for the Tiger Lillies until I saw Shock Headed Peter
> here in New York maybe 6 weeks ago. What a great piece of theater!
As dark theatre goes, there is a Quebec troupe called Carbone 14 that
performs, along with works written for it, adaptations of Heiner
Mueller plays.  I'd be curious to compare snce I consider Carbone 14
to be among the most inventive troupes I've ever seen. Looking
forward to the Tiger Lillies appearance in Montreal this coming May.


Bump wrote:

> just did a search and found other Shock Headed Peters albums i did not know
> about... if anyone could tell me anything about them please do.
> SEVERAL HEADED  ENEMY
> FEAR ENGINE II
> TENDERCIDE
Yeah got em all... I guess you know Karl Blake was one half of the
group Lemon Kittens (with Danielle Dax, one of my favourite
experimental musicians ever!). Most of the SHP stuff is a lot more
aggressive and raw than the experimental sounding Lemon Kittens, but
relatively consistent, these three included. Maybe a close
comparison, style wise would be The Stranglers for the unacquainted?
KB was also involved with David Mellor in a group called Evil Twin.
He's done some solo spoken work stuff and and it's dark, sombre stuff
but good if you like that sort of thing. World Serpent has done most
of the reissues as well as new material. I'm sure there's something
new out but I haven't kept up with the label. Am I pissed off...  I
just found out today I just missed out on snagging a copy of the
Lemon Kittens 12" called Cakebeast I don't have and that was never
reissued. It sold for CDN$40 but... speaking of exotic... the Lemon
Kittens' version of Shakin' All Over is really something, and
what a name for a group! Maybe Allan can add more to this discussion
since we're into his area of expertise.

Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
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From: Vanessa M Cox <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Preliminary Playlist for student radio show 'Powerhouse'
Date: 05 Dec 1999 13:41:13 GMT



Hello all,

From next year onwards I'm hoping to be able to host a show on my campus radio station here at
Coventry, and I've been asked to do a preliminary playlist so that the programmers would know
what to expect in the show. I told the programming manager that I was hoping to be able to play
'a varied mix of experimental, strange and exotic music'. It's taken me hours to devise this
playlist, I've tried to plan it as scrupulously as possible (familiar tunes at the top of the hour that
may not be known by name- Powerhouse and E.V.A. serve this function in this case; the show
ends with a fairly dancey track, as it is programmed before the station is turned over to the
student nightclub). Anyway, I'd really like some opinions on this playlist. Also, any good sites
which might give me more tips on playlisting or presenting a radio show?

Raymond Scott 'Powerhouse', The Raymond Scott Project Volume 1: Powerhouse

Cal Tjader 'Maramoor Mambo', Talkin' Verve- Roots of Acid Jazz

Stereolab 'Fried Monkey Eggs (Vocal)', The Stereolab Underground is Coming (7")

Gil Melle 'Xenogenesis', v/a Jazz Satellites Volume One: Electrification

Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Solar Arkestra 'Under Different Stars', Soundtrack to the Film 'Space
is the Place'

Funki Porcini 'Carwreck', Love, Pussycats and Carwrecks

Os Mutantes 'Adeus Maria Fula', Os Mutantes

Tom Ze 'Ma', The Best of Tom Ze

Enoch Light 'Brazil', Persuasive Percussion (CD re-issue)

Yma Sumac 'Tumpa (Earthquake)', Voice of Xtabay

Psychic TV 'Always is Always/White Nights', Dreams Less Sweet

Squarepusher 'Gong Acid', Budakhan Mindphone

Mouse on Mars 'Suf Distroia', Nuin Niggung

Jean Jacques Perrey 'E.V.A.', Moog Indigo

Gershon Kingsley 'For Alisse Beethovan', Music to Moog By

Broadcast 'Echois Answer', Echois Answer

Leila 'Melodicore', Like Weather

Animals on Wheels 'Never in and Never Out', Nuvoi I Cadiro

Jan Garbarek 'Snipp, Snapp, Suite', Works

Cozmic Corridors 'Dark Path', v/a; The Krautrock Archive Volume One

Moondog 'Conversation and Music at 51st Street. And 6th Avenue (New York City)', More
Moondog/The Story of Moondog

Beck 'Sexx Laws', Midnite Vultures

Fantastic Plastic Machine 'Dear Mr. Salesman', The Fantastic Plastic Machine

Stereolab 'Op Hop Detonation', Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night

Stereolab 'The Light That Will Cease to Fail', Switched on Stereolab

Joyce 'London Samba', Hard Bossa

Baden Powell 'Metronoma', Ao Viva No Teatra Santa Rosa

DJ Rodriguez featuring Bruno Loppez 'Bota Pro Queber', v/a Sister Bossa







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From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Preliminary Playlist for student radio show 'Powerhouse'
Date: 05 Dec 1999 08:58:25 -0500


Vanessa,

best of luck... here

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists.html

is WFMU's playlist page, which is pretty ferociously varied. i apologize
that our (secret museum) playlist is never posted, but we are too lazy
after all the work of putting the show together, besides, they are ALL
unrereleased 78s and cylinders.

take care,



--
Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air"
NEW!: every Tuesday 6 to 7 PM EST WFMU 91.1 FM
& WXHD (Hudson Valley) 90.1 FM
http://www.megasaver.com/page2/smradio.html
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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Releases (Costa Gal. Sun Ra)
Date: 05 Dec 1999 11:49:02 +0100



from Forced Exposure's new releases list:
http://www.forcedexposure.com.

____________________________
_
PHILIPS (JAPAN):

RESTOCKED:

 COSTA, GAL:  CD (PHCA 4228). Aka Cinema Olympia, one
of two self-titled albums from 1969 from Gal Costa, freak-out
Brazilian psych with songs from the expected crew: Gilberto Gil,
Caetano Veloso, etc. Supposedly much superior master-tape
sound to the vinyl-transfer that has been out in Brazil. "One of the
lost holy grails of Tropic=E1lia, and along w/Gilberto Gil's self-titled
'69 effort, probably the wildest & grooviest moment of the
movement as a whole (yes, kiddies, even moreso than those first
two Os Mutantes records. And the new Beck single).  This record,
Gal's second, is seen periodically floating around on psych-
kollektorskum lists fetching an outrageous price which, for once,
is actually commensurate w/the deep rainforest genius/insanity
lurking within. Gal's an interpreter, & the material here comes from
top-notch sources such as Gil, Caetano Veloso  & Jorge Ben.
Brilliant as it is, the songcraft takes a backseat to the acid-fried
studio fuckery of Tropicalismo '69 & Brazilian guitar-god Lanny's
hyperfuzzwah axe strangulations (which level damn near everyone
-- outside maybe Hendrix & Blackbyrd McKnight -- working in
groove idioms).  Gal's multitracked wails & ululations -- like a
Tigresa in heat -- travel down echoplexed forest streams on
Caetano's 'Empty Boat', eventually being sucked into the
dub/musique-concr=E8te vortex of Gilberto's 'Objecto Sim, Objeto
N=E3o'.  This stuff is still painfully ahead-of-its time after 30 years.
Also features the mideastern flavored freakgroove classic,
'Tuarag', guaranteed to bump your dancefloors into action.  What
more could you possibly want?  Other great Gal albums include
her first solo album (also self-titled, also '69, aka N=E3o Identificado)=
,
Le Gal ('70), & India ('73, w/the racy cover art). Cantar ('74) is
probably good, too, but proceed into Gal's post-'75 output w/extreme
caution..." -- Jason Witherspoon. $20.00

  _____________________________________________
TOTAL ENERGY:

RA, SUN AND HIS SOLAR MYTH ARKESTRA: Life Is Splendid
CD (NER 3026 CD). "Sun Ra's legendary performance at the 1972
Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival -- his first appearance before a
major U.S. audience -- presents his 'Space Is The Place' suite with
brilliant contributions by John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, June Tyson,
and the entire ensemble. Life Is Splendid is a previously unreleased
performance, and from start to finish it is one of Ra's most dazzling
presentations. The release, produced by John Sinclair, includes a
12 page booklet with liner notes and rare & unpublished photos."
$13.00

RA, SUN AND HIS SOLAR MYTH ARKESTRA: Life Is Splendid LP
(NER 3026 LP).  $9.00








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From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) There's a place in France...
Date: 05 Dec 1999 11:41:45 -0800


...Where the naked ladies dance...

You know the tune - what is the NAME of it?



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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies & Shock Headed Peters
Date: 05 Dec 1999 16:08:07 -0500


Brian wrote:


----------
> From: Brian Karasick <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: (exotica) Re: Tiger Lillies & Shock Headed Peters
> Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 12:34 AM
>
>
> Elisabeth wrote:
>
> > I'd never really cared for the Tiger Lillies until I saw Shock Headed
Peter
> > here in New York maybe 6 weeks ago. What a great piece of theater!
> As dark theatre goes, there is a Quebec troupe called Carbone 14 that
> performs, along with works written for it, adaptations of Heiner
> Mueller plays.  I'd be curious to compare snce I consider Carbone 14
> to be among the most inventive troupes I've ever seen. Looking
> forward to the Tiger Lillies appearance in Montreal this coming May.
>
>
> Bump wrote:
>
> > just did a search and found other Shock Headed Peters albums i did not
know
> > about... if anyone could tell me anything about them please do.
Brian wrote:

> ... speaking of exotic... the Lemon
> Kittens' version of Shakin' All Over is really something, and
> what a name for a group! Maybe Allan can add more to this discussion
> since we're into his area of expertise.

...I'm not sure what I can add as I haven't kept up with these acts since
catching the Exotica bug a few years ago. Blake was also involved with the
group Sol Invictus (a splinter group of Death in June), but this is hardly
surprising as Current 93, Death In June, Shock Headed Peters, Nurse with
Wound and so forth exchanged members on a regular basis, with many of the
groups performing a kind of apocalyptic folk music (probably at David
Tibet's encouragement).

Shock Headed Peters did record a good heavy metal version of The Resident's
"Blue Rosebuds" for the compilation "Devastate to Liberate".

Allan



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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Preliminary Playlist for student radio show 'Powerhouse'
Date: 05 Dec 1999 16:10:47 -0500


Vanessa wrote:

> >From next year onwards I'm hoping to be able to host a show on my campus
radio station here at
> Coventry, and I've been asked to do a preliminary playlist so that the
programmers would know
> what to expect in the show. I told the programming manager that I was
hoping to be able to play
> 'a varied mix of experimental, strange and exotic music'.

Judging from your proposed playlist, it certainly looks like you will meet
your show's mandate. Nice mix of a wide variety of music!

Best of luck with your show,

Allan

++++Unusual Music+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Mondo Bongos" Wednesdays 9 - 10 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph, Ontario,
Canada
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Unusual Music++++


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From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) jonny burner
Date: 05 Dec 1999 13:36:35 PST


Hey
I just got a cd burner and have been running (and wasting) testers. ANyway,
I have a tester CD-r to give away if anyone wants it

Hal Blaine-Psychedelic Percussion/Emil Richards Stones

the first person who puts something in my e-mailbox gets it. Provided they
pay shipping of course!! i'll even send color color scans of the cd package
too to make it complete.


-jonny yuma

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Subject: (exotica) Piero Umiliani, Sweden Heaven and Hell
Date: 05 Dec 1999 21:42:46 EST


Before I plunk down $15-$20 I was wondering if anyone has a copy they'd be
willing to trade.

-Roy


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Subject: Re:  (exotica) the song of the press
Date: 05 Dec 1999 23:13:05 EST



In a message dated 12/4/99 8:15:42 PM, you wrote:

<<From "Impressions in Color" brought to you by the Bergstrom Papers
Company...>>

I have this , as well as "Music to Make Volkswagons By". Same concept, with
industrial rhythms and sounds blending into music.


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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) trading LP's
Date: 06 Dec 1999 02:52:13 -0500


anyone interested in trading something? (first born, sexual favors, CD's,
LP's, Video) for these...

La Legge Dei Gangsters OST - Piero Umiliani - Easy Tempo 2lps
Una Farfalla Con Le Ali Insanguinate OST  - Gianni Ferrio 2lps -Easy Tempo
Milano Violenta OST - Pulsar Music Ltd. - Plastic
(Italian Girls Like) Ear-Catching Melodies - V/A - Dagored

thanx

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Universal DJ
Defective Records
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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Indian Vibes Clubnacht
Date: 06 Dec 1999 12:02:44 +0100


Hallo
an alle Fans von Nu Asian Dance Music. Im Dezember hat Indian Vibes wiede=
r=20
etwas besonderes zu bieten, zwei G=E4ste aus Berlin

Mittwoch, 8. Dezember, 22 Uhr
Nachtleben Frankfurt, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 45

INDIAN VIBES!

Special guest: DJ SHAZAM/Chandra Pulse - Berlin
MC Massiw le ghaza - Berlin
Cybersitars und Tablabreakbeats

New Asian Dance Music:

Visual support: Edition Betke
DJ/Host: Petra Klaus

Hier noch einige Informationen zu DJ Shazam

Neben Frankfurt ist Berlin die einzige Stadt in Deutschland, in der es=20
regelm=E4=DFige Clubabende rund um Nu Asian Dance Music gibt, alles viel =
gr=F6=DFer=20
als in Frankfurt nat=FCrlich. DJ Shazam, zu Gast bei Indian Vibes im Deze=
mber,=20
ist einer der Aktivisten in der Berliner Szene.

DJ Shazam kommt aus Berlin und ist dort einer der sehr aktiven Nu Asian=20
Dance-DJs. Er starte im April 98 die w=F6chentlichen 21st.Century.Beatz -=
 ASIAN=20
KOOL-Parties in der Lizard Lounge. Das Konzept der ASIAN KOOL-Parties bes=
tand=20
darin, neben main selector Shazam jede Woche Gast-DJs mit unterschiedlich=
en,=20
aber thematisch erg=E4nzenden Stilen und zunehmend Live-Acts zu featuren.

Ihren gr=F6=DFten Auftritt hatte die ASIAN KOOL-Crew mit einem Soundsyste=
m beim=20
Karneval der Kulturen vor 350.000 Leuten.

Ein weiterer gro=DFer Erfolg waren die Bollywood-Parties im Roten und Gr=FC=
nen=20
Salon am 7./8. Oktober, bei denen Shazam zusammen mit Kollegen den=20
"Curryphunk"-Floor bespielte (siehe Feuilleton/Frankfurter Rundschau vom=20
9.10.99)

Jetzt hat DJ Shazam mit Kollege Minsky eine regelm=E4=DFige Clubnacht im=20
Goldmine-Club gestartet.

Aber das ist nicht alles: Shazam ist Gr=FCnder des ersten und bisher einz=
igen=20
Asian Dance-Liveprojekts- CHANDRA PULSE

Shazam spielt Ba=DF und legt auf. Aki Ueda/Japan, Ex-Gitarrist einer=20
japanischen Punkband, hat Sitar in Varanasi/Indien studiert. Yuji Tei/Jap=
an=20
war einer der f=FChrenden HipHop-DJs in Japan, bis er sich vor ca. vier J=
ahren=20
dazu entschlo=DF, die Turntables gegen die Tablas auszutauschen. Indien l=
iegt=20
so ungef=E4hr in der Mitte zwischen Japan und Berlin, kein Wunder also, d=
a=DF=20
solche Konstellationen zustande kommen.

Gru=DF

Petra Klaus


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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Enrique Cadicamo,Madeline Kahn,Robert F. Shugrue,Harold Eugene Wertz Jr.
Date: 06 Dec 1999 09:35:54 -0500


Better?
-Lou

                  Friday, Dec. 3, 1999; 11:45 p.m. EST
                  Enrique Cadicamo
                  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) û Tango composer Enrique Cadicamo
                  died Friday. He was 99.

                  Cadicamo became widely known after his song "Bubbles of Soap" was
                  made popular by tango great Carlos Gardel. Today, the piece is widely
                  regarded as one of the genre's classic recordings.

                  While many of Cadicamo's songs took on tango's characteristically
                  melancholy tone, he also showed a sense of humor and a lyrical
                  playfulness that was reflected in songs like "The Little House of my
                  Parents," "Ruby" and "Injured Soul."

                  Cadicamo also ventured into theater screenwriting, working with
                  Argentine writer Felix Pelayo on several plays. In 1949, he wrote the
                  screenplay for the movie "The History of Tango."

                  Madeline Kahn
                  NEW YORK (AP) û Madeline Kahn, an Oscar-nominated
                  actress-comedian best known for her daffy and lusty characters in "Paper
                  Moon" and Mel Brooks farces such as "Blazing Saddles," died Friday of
                  ovarian cancer. She was 57.

                  Ms. Kahn made her film debut in "Kiss Me Kate" in 1965. She was
                  nominated for best supporting actress Academy Awards two years in a
                  row: for her portrayal of a floozy named Trixie Delight in the 1973 film
                  "Paper Moon" and for her role as a saloon singer in "Blazing Saddles," in
                  1974.

                  She won a Tony Award for best actress in 1993 with her role as ditsy
                  Jewish matron Gorgeous Teitelbaum in "The Sisters Rosensweig."

                  She was nominated for Tonys three other times: for "In the Boom Boom
                  Room" in 1973; "On the 20th Century" in 1978; and "Born Yesterday" in
                  1989.

                  In addition to "Blazing Saddles," Ms. Kahn made notable performances in
                  "Young Frankenstein," "High Anxiety" and "History of the World: Part 1."

                  She had most recently taken on the part of Pauline, a neighbor on the TV
                  show "Cosby."

Saturday, Dec. 4, 1999; 9:57 p.m. EST
                  Robert F. Shugrue
                  LOS ANGELES (AP) û Emmy award-winning film editor Robert F.
                  Shugrue, best known for his work on "Leave It To Beaver" and "Alfred
                  Hitchcock Presents," died of heart failure. He was 62.

                  Shugrue died Nov. 27 in Los Angeles, said his son-in-law Scot Scalise.
                  Shugrue underwent open heart surgery in April.

                  Born in Santa Monica, Shugrue began his career in 1956 as an apprentice
                  editor at Universal Television's Revue Studios where he worked on series
                  including "The Millionaire."

                  His credits include the miniseries "A Woman Called Golda," which earned
                  an Emmy in 1983, and three other Emmy-nominated shows: "The Neon
                  Ceiling" in 1971, "The Thorn Birds Part I" in 1984, and Stephen King's
                  "It" in 1991.

                  Shugrue also worked on a few motion pictures early in his career,
                  including "Death of a Gunfighter" in 1969, and "Two Mules for Sister
                  Sara," starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine, in 1970.

The Associated Press
Sunday, Dec. 5, 1999; 9:58 p.m. EST

                  Harold Eugene Wertz Jr.
                  SAN DIEGO (AP) û Harold Eugene Wertz Jr., who played "Bouncy" in
                  three of the "Our Gang" comedies during the 1930s, died Nov. 21. He
                  was 72.

                  Wertz died from complications related to a stroke, said his friend, Robert
                  Satterfield.

                  Wertz, who was born in Denison, Texas, but grew up in Long Beach,
                  won the job of Bouncy after his mother sent in his photograph and took
                  him for a screen test for the Hal Roach comedies. He appeared in only
                  three of the 221 films: 1932's "Choo Choo!," "The Pooch" and "Hook and
                  Ladder."

                  He was replaced by George "Spanky" McFarland.

                  Wertz did not continue in show business. After high school, he joined the
                  merchant marine, and later set up a pipe company in Long Beach. He
                  retired to Murieta.




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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) taking over my life
Date: 06 Dec 1999 14:44:45 -0000


This list is creeping into every area of my life,  I got a copy of a very
nice hardback edition of 'Shock Headed Peter' ostensibly for my daughter
(shes only 18 months),  come into work today and the digests were full of
it.

The band were also one of my favourites during the 80's great in a '3
guitarists playing the same riff'  fashion.  After SHP Karl Blake was in a
band called 'The Underneath'  who did at least one great LP with quite a
good exoticish track I was going to sneak onto my next tape.

I've also been dreaming about Hammond Organs.

Industrial ones.

The B3 coming in an Olive green heavy duty steel case,  say 5 feet by 6 feet
by 4.  Very robust for on the road use.  The C3 is a different story,  being
your Organ for the serious musician,  also made out of heavy duty steel
plates,  10 foot tall,  a good 2 feet in length with big panels that fold up
to get to the keyboard and pedals.  Seemed to require a crew of 5 or 6 to
handle it.

I think it would be more useful for studio use.  If your studio was under
air attack.

Just a dream I thought I'd share.  Normally I only dream of scouring charity
shops for records.


El Maestro Con Queso

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From: "Lou Smith" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) fwd: What You Can and Can't Do With MP3s
Date: 06 Dec 1999 15:02:04 GMT


On Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:30:13 PST, in clari.tw.new_media [e-mail]
(The Associated Press) wrote:


    According to federal law, the owner of a copyright on a piece
of
music retains exclusive reproduction and distribution rights. But
consumers are allowed to sell or give away the single copy of each
CD, tape or album they buy.
    The MP3 digital format -- which enables numerous, high-quality

copies to be made and transmitted easily over the Internet -- has
created uncertainty over parts of the copyright law. The rights
remain intact in cyberspace, but it depends on where you keep your
music.
    Keeping a copy of Britney Spears' hit single ``Crazy'' in MP3

format on your computer hard drive is legal. Keeping that same MP3
file on your Web site server creates an instant avenue for the
distribution of numerous copies, and is a violation.
    In the U.S., the consumer can:
    -- Create MP3s from copyrighted material.
    -- Keep MP3s from copyrighted material on the hard drive of a

home computer.
    -- Download MP3s found on the Internet.
    -- Upload MP3s to a portable device, such as a Rio player.

    The consumer cannot:
    -- Post any MP3s created from copyrighted material on the
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) all i want for hanukkah is my ...
Date: 06 Dec 1999 12:05:47 -0500


Kiki, the Fashion Tiki:


http://www.goblertoys.com/pages/kiki.html



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From: kendoll <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Madeline Kahn
Date: 06 Dec 1999 10:09:19 -0700


> Ms. Kahn made her film debut in "Kiss Me Kate" in 1965.

This must surely be a stage version.


Mike Ewanus


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Madeline Kahn
Date: 06 Dec 1999 12:15:50 -0500


[e-mail] wrote:
> > Ms. Kahn made her film debut in "Kiss Me Kate" in 1965.
>This must surely be a stage version.

You must be correct since her actual first film role was in the quite
amusing short-subject Ingmar Bergman lampoon "The Dove" in 1968.

Lou




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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Venus by Claude Denjean
Date: 05 Dec 1999 19:50:46 +0100


    my opninion on this lp is somewhere in between Robbie's and
    DJJimmyBee's: "Venus" is not the only excellent track:
    "House of the rising sun", "Come together" and "Proud Mary"
    are killers too. but there are also about 3 tracks that are
    so-so. and the rest is very good.

        Johan


        [e-mail]


        | )    / \    | )    / \    | )    / \    | )    / \




    chuck wrote:

>Venus by Claude Denjean just is fantastic. [...] Does he do other songs like
>this or as good as this??

    Robbie replied:

I have "Moog!" which this track comes from.  To be honest it's the
only track I remember really standing out but it is a pretty good
album.


    DJJimmyBee replied:

The whole LP is great.




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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) all i want for hanukkah is my ...
Date: 06 Dec 1999 19:21:59 +0100


[e-mail] wrote:

> Kiki, the Fashion Tiki:
>
> http://www.goblertoys.com/pages/kiki.html

Thanks, Lou; you made my day!

Mo


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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Madeline Kahn
Date: 06 Dec 1999 15:44:28 -0500


Not a musical note, but if the Internet Movie database is to be believed,
she had gotten married in October to a John Hansbury, so the marriage
lasted in the neighborhood of two months.

Almost as sad.

Brian Phillips



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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) There's a place in France...
Date: 06 Dec 1999 17:05:55 -0500



>...Where the naked ladies dance...
>
>You know the tune - what is the NAME of it?

Here is an interesting page about that!

http://www.gildedserpent.com/articles3/streets-of-cairo.htm



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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Subliminal Sounds
Date: 06 Dec 1999 13:57:41 -0800 (PST)


Does anyone have an address for Subliminal Sounds Records or Stefan?

Is this label still around?   I might have missed a previous post on its
demise.

Thanks for you help
Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chucj

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Subject: Re:  (exotica) Re: Madeline Kahn
Date: 06 Dec 1999 17:33:35 EST



In a message dated 12/6/99 12:08:44 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>This must surely be a stage version.

Probably not..Kiss Me Kate was a Cole Porter penned musical


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Seks Bomba Live Net Broadcast
Date: 06 Dec 1999 17:53:31 -0500




Seks Bomba will be playing live on the SBS show on WJUL between 6-9 PM on
Tuesday December 7.


Seks Bomba
www.bomba.com <http://www.bomba.com>

Tom da Bomb, a station member, has agreed to broadcast the show from his
computer so some of you folks on the EML can listen in. Because of
bandwidth issues only about 20-25 can log in, but that may be all that
would listen in anyways so if you are interested try it out. Lets fill
those slots!

Go to the WJUL web page at:
http://www.uml.edu/misc/WJUL/   to "members" and the "live online
broadcast" link.

This is a great band so listen in! They will be playing new songs that may
be on their next album so get a sneak preview of wha is to come.

I'll be spinning some lounge/crime/jazz  at the start of the show while
Joss Stubblefield, the regular host, is setting up the sound system for
Seks Bomba.
Bomba time: 7:30 ish.


Domenic
"Martinis with Mancini" on WJUL 91.5- Fridays 6-9am
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Shirley
Date: 06 Dec 1999 21:43:30 EST


In a message dated 12/3/99 11:17:50 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< 2. Rural folks used to nail record to the sides of barns and outhouses. >>

can somebody explain this???

tb


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Tito!  My Man!
Date: 06 Dec 1999 22:02:54 EST


Well, old Tiki Bob took a short safari to Disney World this past weekend (And
yes the new Tiki Room still sucks! But that is not the story).

I was waiting for the World Show Case section of EPCOT to open and I noticed
they were filming some guy banging on some drums by the "Cantina" that is
adjacent to  "Mexico".  A little closer inspection of the gray headed old
dude revealed that it was none other than Tito Puente.

The had the old boy set up in the rocks on the shore of the lake.  There were
all these people standing around helping with the production but at the end
of each take only the "director" would applaud wildly and say, "That was
great Tito!  OK for the next one . . . . "  The other people looked totally
board with the whole set up.

One guy standing near me yelled to Tito, "Hey Tito, It's Tony!" and old Tito
yelled back like he knew the guy.

Needless to say, I wish I would have wondered by earlier and could have
watched him more.  They film the Christmas Disney Parade that week each year
so maybe it was for that.  I will have to watch the parade to see.
Otherwise, any one watching the Disney Channel be on the look out for Tito,
on the rocks if you will, outside the cantina at Mexico.  And no wet back
jokes!

Oh, and btw, a little later, at the MGM/Disney Studios, I looked over and
about 6 feet from me is Ed McMan.  And no, he did not give me a check.
Hiiiiiiiiiiiii-Yooooooooo!

tb


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From: Dj Batman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) fwd: What You Can and Can't Do With MP3s
Date: 06 Dec 1999 17:33:07 +0100


the list doesn't mention cd rom or cd audio... which are dfifferent from
the volatile memory of a rio and a hd... yet if they are for personal use
they should be legal in my opinion...


bye,
Nicola (Dj Batman) Battista

File Under Ecl3ctic Radio
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From: Lang Thompson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) fwd: What You Can and Can't Do With MP3s
Date: 06 Dec 1999 23:08:31 -0500


>the list doesn't mention cd rom or cd audio... which are different from


Take all this as rough guides only:  The case law in this area is still
only in its early stages.
Full Alert Film Review
http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/fafr.htm

Funhouse
http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/funhouse.htm


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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) blue tv
Date: 06 Dec 1999 23:21:24 -0500


Hah, fake-out.

Bravo airs their 2-part story of the Blue Note record label Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoon at 3:00pm (eastern).

AMC has a docu about movie censorship, Tuesday night, 8:00pm, 1:00am.

Followed by "Baby Doll" (1956) at 9:00pm, 2:00am.

The classic highway safety film, "Detour" (1945) on TCM - Wednesday
morning, 10:45am.

Another run of the Little Jimmy Scott profile on Bravo - Thursday
afternoon, 3:00pm.

The slow, but exotic, "I Walked With A Zombie" (1943) on AMC - Friday
morning, 11:45am. Gotta love those scenes out in the windy cane fields at
night.

Flint destroys the Exotica works in "Our Man Flint" (1966) on AMC - Friday
night, 6:00pm. Fortified with Tura Satana.

Quincy Jones provides the score for "In Cold Blood" (1967) on TCM - Friday
night, 11:30pm.

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) blue tv
Date: 06 Dec 1999 23:47:12 -0500


At 11:21 PM 12/6/99 -0500, m.ace wrote:
>
>Followed by "Baby Doll" (1956) at 9:00pm, 2:00am.

If anyone watches this or if anyone already has the soundtrack, could you
tell me if it's "crime jazz".  It's by my hero Kenyon Hopkins and I've seen
the vinyl reissue around but I don't want to buy it unless it's at least
sort of in the crime jazz genre.

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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Shock Headed Peters/Karl Blake
Date: 07 Dec 1999 04:00:59 -0500


just found the motherlode of info

discography
http://www.grayowl.com/karlblake/Reviews%20and%20Interviews/disco1.htm

and Karl Blake website...(he is selling his house to anyone interested
along with other personal artifacts!)

http://www.grayowl.com/karlblake/Reviews%20and%20Interviews/disco1.htm

now to find this stuff!

he has cds he is selling personally!

bump




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From: [e-mail]
Subject:  RE:(exotica) Piero Umiliani, Sweden Heaven and Hell
Date: 07 Dec 1999 11:32:49 -0000


Sem Sinatra did me a tape,  I can't imagine anyone wanting to give it away
(theres a home on the south coast for a copy anyone in the UK wants to
swap).  I'd say pay the full price,  don't worry about it.  A great record.


El Maestro Con Queso

[e-mail]
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http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm


Before I plunk down $15-$20 I was wondering if anyone has a copy they'd be
willing to trade.

- -Roy


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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) blue tv
Date: 07 Dec 1999 08:07:43 -0500


m.ace wrote
>The slow, but exotic, "I Walked With A Zombie" (1943) on AMC - Friday
>morning, 11:45am. Gotta love those scenes out in the windy cane fields at
>night.

Gorgeous! And creepy! Anyone know the name of the calypso band that
performs here? Plus some of the music/chanting in the voodoo scenes is
pretty amazing.

Mimi




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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) [obits]Masaru Sato,Keith Wylie,Anne Francine
Date: 07 Dec 1999 09:47:33 -0500


                            *Masaru Sato



    TOKYO (AP) -- Masaru Sato, the music director for filmmaker Akira



Kurosawa, died Sunday after falling ill at a party in his honor,



media reports said. He was 71.



    Sato, who wrote the music for such Kurosawa films as ``Red



Beard,'' ``Sanjuro,'' and ``Yojinbo,'' with its samurai battles,



died shortly after arriving at a hospital in Tokyo, the Asahi



newspaper said.



    The cause of death was not immediately known.



    Sato began his career in 1952 after graduating from music school



in Tokyo. He wrote the music for ``Godzilla Raids Again'' in 1955



and began working with Kurosawa in 1957.



    Kurosawa died in September 1998 at age 88.











                            *Keith Wylie



    LONDON (AP) -- Master croquet player Keith Wylie, who treated the



gentle lawn sport as a cerebral challenge, died Nov. 1 at his home



near Southhampton in southwest England. He was 54.



    The cause of death was not given.



    Wylie, a lawyer, was an innovative player who brought croquet



out of the quiet confines of the vicarage garden and placed it



firmly in the competitive arena. He played with flair and



enthusiasm, adding a distinctive pith helmet to the traditional



white croquet outfit.



    He first took up the game at King's College, Cambridge. Within



five years he captured all the major British titles and several



international ones.



    Wylie wrote ``Expert Croquet Tactics,'' in 1985, a book that the



American magazine ``Croquet World'' described as ``without



question, the most significant croquet book published in the last



20 years.''







December 7, 1999



Anne Francine, Actress and Cabaret Singer, Dies at 82







Anne Francine, an actress who worked in film, theater and television



and who was also a prominent cabaret performer for six decades,



died on Friday at the Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in London,



Conn. She was 82 and lived in Old Lyme, Conn.







Born into Main Line Philadelphia society, Miss Francine came of age



during the 1930's, when New York's numerous intimate night spots



offered opportunities for beginners. With her imposing good looks,



bawdy humor and raspy contralto, she made her performing debut at the



Coq Rouge, after winning an amateur contest, and went on to



engagements at the Pierre, the Persian Room, the Copacabana and the



Algonquin.







In the mid-1940's she traveled abroad, singing in late-night haunts in



London and Paris. Impeccably mannered and beautifully spoken, she



centered her programs on the flippant high-society songs of Cole Porter



and Jerome Kern, inserting comedic gestures often funny enough to bring



the house down.







Miss Francine made her Broadway debut in 1954 with Shirley Booth in



"By the Beautiful Sea" before going on to work with Alfred Lunt and



Lynn Fontanne in "The Great Sebastians" the next season. In the



A.P.A.-Phoenix Repertory Company production of "The School for



Scandal" she stepped in for a vacationing Helen Hayes. But her favorite



role was that of Vera Charles in the 1966 Broadway production of



"Mame," starring Angela Lansbury. She and Ms. Lansbury reprised their



characters in the 1983 revival. Ms. Francine last appeared on Broadway



in 1987 as Mrs. Harcourt in the Lincoln Center revival of "Anything



Goes," starring Patti LuPone.







Miss Francine's film work included "Crocodile Dundee" and Fellini's



"Juliet of the Spirits." On television she was best known for her portrayal



of the conniving matriarch Flora Simpson Reilly in "Harper Valley



P.T.A.," with Barbara Eden, in the early 1980's.







A frequent performer on the summer stock circuit, Miss Francine was a



regular presence at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford,



Conn., where she taught at the annual cabaret symposium. Even after a



1992 stroke left her unable to speak, she would instruct students by



pantomiming her commands or writing them on an erasable box designed



for that purpose.







No immediate relatives survive.






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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Madeline Kahn
Date: 07 Dec 1999 09:47:32 EST


In a message dated 12/6/99 12:16:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< You must be correct since her actual first film role was in the quite
 amusing short-subject Ingmar Bergman lampoon "The Dove" in 1968.
  >>


Of course my favorite was . . . . . .

Commmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme on and hop, hop, come and do the kangaroo hop, hop
that's the dance you ought to do.

Neaugh!!!!  Neaugh!!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) fwd: What You Can and Can't Do With MP3s
Date: 07 Dec 1999 09:49:36 EST


In a message dated 12/6/99 11:09:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Take all this as rough guides only:  The case law in this area is still
 only in its early stages. >>

how about this?  convert the MP3 files into wav files.  burn mass quanities
to give to all your friends.

it is christmas after all!

legal beagle scuff law,

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) See It in Sound!
Date: 07 Dec 1999 07:36:23 -0800 (PST)


See It In Sound is another fantastic Esquivel album.   The Brazil cut is
amazing and could have been a huge influence on music if it were released and
promoted well by its label.   I would like to imagine Brian Wilson, Hendrix
and the Beatles trying to out do this song. This album reminded me about how
much I really like Esquivel.

I have been playing all my Esquivel cds, including 1968/Genius.   I cannot
imagine life without all of the Esquivel albums.  Everyone of his albums is a
winner.  The 2fers cds are such a bargain and everyone should get them before
they go out of print.  I was told they are selling quite poorly.  Each of
them is so revealing and it is so nice to hear the abums as a whole instead
of a  greatest hits collection.     The  Barnone collections were a nice
introduction but certainly not the real thing.  Give me the whole album of an
artist this magnificant.

The record industry misses another chance to use the most knowlagble person
for the liner notes.  As usual, what a shame.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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> I am still totally baffled why anyone would NOT get Brother Cleve to write
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Subject: Re: (exotica) blue tv
Date: 07 Dec 1999 10:54:28 -0500


>>"I Walked With A Zombie" (1943)
>
>Gorgeous! And creepy! Anyone know the name of the calypso band that
>performs here?

Sir Lancelot is the calypso singer/Greek chorus.

>Plus some of the music/chanting in the voodoo scenes is
>pretty amazing.

Original music credited to Roy Webb.


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Subject: (exotica) Tito!  My Man!
Date: 07 Dec 1999 08:57:07 -0800 (PST)


Tito Puente always packs em  like sardines  at the House of Blues in New
Orleans.    He played there a few years back and during one of the hotter
moments his false teeth shot out of his mouth and onto the stage floor.  He
barely missed a beat.

The House of Blues is very disneyesque and for that reason it has a bad
feeling for many of the club goers in the Big Easy.

Easy listening in the Big easy
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> adjacent to  "Mexico".  A little closer inspection of the gray headed old
> dude revealed that it was none other than Tito Puente.

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Subject: (exotica) Re: Trikont/"Java"
Date: 07 Dec 1999 12:09:15 -0500 (EST)



Arjan wrote:
>Got the new 1999/2000 catalog of German label Trikont in the mailbox today.

Until recently, most of their releases were unavailable in the US, but
we've recently started distributing their titles.  (Not to toot my own horn
- well, ok, I guess I am - but they're putting out some amazing bits of
American music culture that can't be found on many US labels.  And the Rare
Shellacks that Arjan mentions are wonderful.  List members might be
interested in the La Paloma covers by Paaluhi Hawaiian Instrumentalists,
Dean Martin, Humphrey Bogart (!), and Esquivel among others.  Rumor has it
that they aren't stopping at vol. 3 but rather will continue with something
like 25 mind-boggling compilations of the *same song*!)  Our mailorder is
still being worked on, but if your friendly, neighborhood record shop isn't
carrying Trikont stuff, you can always get them at Other Music
(www.othermusic.com).

On another topic, a friend of mine is looking for different versions of
"Java" for his radio show. Any suggestions? thanks.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Tito!  My Man!
Date: 07 Dec 1999 12:39:16 -0500


Over in the big....uh...er...oh, well, Atlanta, Tito Puente played at
Chastain Amphitheater.  This is a venue in which people pack champagne
dinners.  Puente had the whole place in a frenzy!  Everyone was standing
and clapping along.  After all of these years, he still seems to be
enjoying himself!

Oye' comeover here,
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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" Dec 8, 1999
Date: 07 Dec 1999 15:50:06 -0500


"Mondo Bongos" can be heard every Wednesday mornings at 9 on CFRU 93.3fm in
Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

Lord Sitar - If I Were a Rich Man "Lord Sitar"
Jean Jacques Perrey - E.V.A. "Best of Moog"
Sy Mann - Tijuana Christmas "Switched on Santa"

Syrinx - Tillicum "Long Lost Relatives"
Hot Butter - Telstar "Popcorn"
Can - Mother Sky "Soundtracks"

The T.H.P. Orchestra - The Theme from S.W.A.T. Part 2  7"
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman "Superfly (ost)"
The Inner Thumb - Soul Ecstacy (instrumental) "Soul Ecstacy"

Ron Geesin - Frenzy "Electrosound (Volume 2)"
Ron Geesin - U.F.O. "Electrosound"
Electrik Cokernut - Jeepster "Best of Moog"
Lord Sitar - Black is Black "Lord Sitar"

Leroy Holmes - The James Bond Theme "Electrolounge"

Until next time...
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Subject: (exotica) I'm back!
Date: 07 Dec 1999 16:57:51 EST


Sooo....wha'd I miss?
Love, Jane Fondle

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Twilight Zone / Alien Invasion
Date: 07 Dec 1999 14:43:37 -0800 (PST)


The great label Silva has released a 4cd box set for Twilight Zone for $29 on
sale at cdnow.  Fantastic!  Check out  the Silva label at cdnow and see other
great releases like Alien Invasion (a wild collection of remakes of great
sci-fi classics).

Also Varese has a new 2 cd Twilight Zone out. It looks great!  And where is
that new Outer Limits collection vol 2 which was promised on Vol 1??

While we are on Alien topics,  Rhino Records is putting togethor a 4 or 5 cd
set of outer space sci-fi  to be released hopefully soon.  I know that  Jack
Diamond  taught Rhino  about 20 or so cuts & they will be putting his
selections on the box set.  Jack told Rhino about  Attilio Mineo conducts
"Man in Space with Sounds" and cut(s) from that will be on the Rhino set.
What an amazing world this would be if major labels listened to exoticats and
former exoticats opinions of what should be on an album.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck
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Subject: (exotica) Michele Mange
Date: 07 Dec 1999 14:15:56 -0800 (PST)


A person at the Oregon record store http://www.aethor-or was descriing this
album to me.  Michele Mange sounds fantastic!  What is the album "Tropical
Fantasy" like.  I'm sure this was discussed years ago on the list but the
archives are not key worded and I forgot what was said.

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Date: 07 Dec 1999 20:43:18 EST



In a message dated 12/7/99 10:37:06 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

> I am still totally baffled why anyone would NOT get Brother Cleve to write
 the liner notes

That's OK....Better things coming   :--)


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Baby Doll
Date: 07 Dec 1999 22:43:27 -0500


>>Followed by "Baby Doll" (1956) at 9:00pm, 2:00am.
>
>If anyone watches this or if anyone already has the soundtrack, could you
>tell me if it's "crime jazz".

Hmmm, sounds like that neighborhood to me. Just getting little snippets in
the movie. A bit of a southern lilt to fit the setting. Hope that helps.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) blue tv (Baby Doll)
Date: 07 Dec 1999 23:35:52 EST


<< If anyone watches this or if anyone already has the soundtrack, could you
 tell me if it's "crime jazz".  It's by my hero Kenyon Hopkins and I've seen
 the vinyl reissue around but I don't want to buy it unless it's at least
 sort of in the crime jazz genre. >>

i think you should get it Nat, especially if Kenyon is your man.  Not really
a "crime jazz" soundtrack, but this is such a hot, steamy, moody film and a
number of the tracks will deliver the sound you're looking for.  I'd be
surprised if you were disappointed.

It's quite a mixture, smoky jazz, harmonica, and be prepared for some strings
from the Warner Bros. Orchestra. with Ray Heindorf.

And whotta cover!  This movie still sizzles (without so much as a single kiss
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Michele Mange
Date: 07 Dec 1999 23:58:02 EST


<< << What is the album "Tropical
  Fantasy" like. >>

 it's Michel Magne

 Really, really hard to find and really, really good!!

 Best bet for aquiring it is the bootleg paired with The Marrko Polo
Adventures that came out a few years back.

 I always thought of this as a "spoof" on exotica.  But not a comedy or
novelty record at all - far from it!  A really great exotic and wild
percussion recording with many familiar titles, Brazil, Perfidia, Tabu, The
Peanut Vendor.

 What sets it apart is the usual tropical sounds and Martin Denny style bird
calls are replaced with laughing, sped up voices, ducks (donald duck?),
animal (apes) noises and other insane sound effects - lots and lots of them.

 One of a kind !  Get it!!


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Subject: (exotica) Digital Oddio
Date: 08 Dec 1999 00:09:30 EST


Ron suggested:

 <<A great Two-fer would be to combine that bad-boy ((("The Game Of Life")))
with "Flight F-I-N-A-L." >>

Done!  and now available.  I've taken two legendary, incredibly strange
religious recordings from the WORD label and put em on CD-R for my few
friends that share an interest in this type of this thing.

I've set up a page with covers, details, etc.  Check it out and lemme know if
you are interested.

happy holidays

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Subject: (exotica) Vancouver Exotica
Date: 08 Dec 1999 03:16:52 EST


Sat Dec 11 is Christmas Cocktails in the Twighlight Tahitian Lounge of
The Waldorf hotel
$10 at The door doors at 9:30
this is a blue lizard staff Christmas party open to the public
starring Johnny "hammond" Ferriera
exotica dancer Aloha Betty


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Subject: (exotica) Tues Dec 14 Tiki/Exotica
Date: 08 Dec 1999 03:16:41 EST


There was a time in the mysterious past of the islands, when the very air
was peopled with the spirits of the departed and a thin veil divided the
living from the dead, the natural from the supernatural, and mortals were
made the playthings of the Gods...

            LiftOff! SpaceCapades and Greenwitch.Com
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    An elegant evening of exotic entertainment and a celebration
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Featuring:
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   From the All-Star Aloha Band "Ape": Eric Alii and Ukulele
           Frank's Uke-N-Hawaiian Steel Holiday Hukilau!
   And...The Pui-Pui PoiMen's Polynesian Revue!
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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Momus live at Atomic Cafe, Munich
Date: 08 Dec 1999 13:52:45 +0100


Saw Momus last night... mixed feelings about it.

Was a very long gig, about 2 hours. He used a brand new i-book, a
"jen"-synth and a mike. The songs ranged from 80s influenced electronic
pieces to scottish folk music. He even rapped like the Beasty Boys or
sang ballads with Rick Wakeman-string-sounds. I liked quite a couple of
songs, but often they sounded more like the sketch of a song. It always
amazes me how English artists in general seem to be able to express
themselves in melodies. Momus as a figure reminded me of Simon
Fisher-Turner, a slim dandy with a good cultural education and general
knowledge. Momus was very talkative to the audience in a nice and funny
way.

Although I didn't understand all of the lyrics, they had some refreshing
subjects, like "Space Jews", a song about Einstein, Freud etc. described
as angels from outer space coming to earth to lift up mankind. One song
was a praise of his new i-book, which he described as the most beautiful
thing in the world and his only friend. He said, Macintosh does not pay
him for singing this. I could truly understand the message of this song
though, as the desirability of these computers is almost sexual. About
another song about Jeff Koons, "the greatest artist of all times" or so,
he said he had made it on behalf of Koons, but he never got paid the
1000 $ by him. And... but, well, the songs are all on his records, I
guess.
This Japanese woman, who sings "I'm a kitten" in that "Everlasting
Gobstopper" version, was also on stage once and addressed all "gays with
girlfriends": "You can meet me, I will protect you forever". ?!?

All things considered the concert was a bit long and many of the songs
were just too rough to be fully enjoyable. Still it was worth going
there and see that one-eyed wizard in person.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Momus live at Atomic Cafe, Munich
Date: 08 Dec 1999 07:30:59 -0700


At 13:52 08/12/99 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Saw Momus last night... mixed feelings about it.

>This Japanese woman, who sings "I'm a kitten" in that "Everlasting
>Gobstopper" version, was also on stage once and addressed all "gays with
>girlfriends": "You can meet me, I will protect you forever". ?!?

This would be Kahimi Karie. Who is a Goddess. Whose music defies description
in amazing Japanese pop. If you don't know her, you should.

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Subject: (exotica) [obit] "Scatman John" Larkin
Date: 08 Dec 1999 09:34:18 -0500


                      *''Scatman John'' Larkin
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Musician ``Scatman John'' Larkin, who blended
jazz with modern pop and hip-hop dance music, lost a two-year
battle with lung cancer. He was 57.
    The BMG recording artist died Dec. 3 at his Los Angeles home,  his stepson, Lee Newman, said Tuesday.
    Larkin became a successful singer even though he was a lifelong
stutterer. His work combined singing, rapping and scat, a jazz
style involving singing nonsense syllables.
    He was popular on the European and Asian charts.
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Momus live at Atomic Cafe, Munich
Date: 08 Dec 1999 09:42:26 -0600




Jill Mingo wrote:
>
> At 13:52 08/12/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >Saw Momus last night... mixed feelings about it.
>
> >This Japanese woman, who sings "I'm a kitten" in that "Everlasting
> >Gobstopper" version, was also on stage once and addressed all "gays with
> >girlfriends": "You can meet me, I will protect you forever". ?!?
>
> This would be Kahimi Karie. Who is a Goddess. Whose music defies description
> in amazing Japanese pop. If you don't know her, you should.

NO.  That was Karin Komoto, who is one of the patrons on Stars
Forever.  She is following them on their European tour.  She's
not Japanese, she's Japanese-American.  The "gays with girlfriends"
bit is a reference to the song about her.

I don't believe Kahimi Karie is performing with them on the
European tour.

I don't think that was her singing as Everlasting Gobstopper, tho.
That was some 13-year-old girl.

--


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Subject: (exotica) Momus live at Atomic Cafe, Munich
Date: 08 Dec 1999 07:47:36 -0800 (PST)


Your Tiki Gods are watching over you Mo!  You are one lucky guy to catch
Momus,  one of the leaders of the modern soft pop movement.  And it is doubly
nice to see him with Kahimi Karie, who I agree with Jill, was the Japanese
girl.  I also trust Jill's opinion, since I understand she met Kahimi.    I
have her and I believe its  the original version, of "I Am Akitten" and it is
fantastic as is most of her stuff.  What a voice!  She goes back a ways also.
 I have a cd from Japan where she sings My Good Friend Charly, I believe, and
its dated in the 80's.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
chuck


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> Saw Momus last night... mixed feelings about it.
 This Japanese woman, who sings "I'm a kitten" in that "Everlasting
> Gobstopper" version, was also on stage
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Subject: RE: (exotica) I'm back!
Date: 08 Dec 1999 11:00:07 -0500


> Sooo....wha'd I miss?
> Love, Jane Fondle


Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome Jane Fondle.

Heres hoping all Astroslut is doing well.  I have fallen in love with =
the
recording.  Looking forward to more of your witty posts. =20

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From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Christmas Cookin'!
Date: 08 Dec 1999 09:15:04 -0800 (PST)


Hey!  I am so happy to be back...I am trying to write
everybody, but it's taking a long time, seein' as I
have this hot new  job at WGBH!  THIS means I won't be
posting all that much for now, cuz I gotta work this
time....if you've written and I haven't responded, do
be patient....
So, I asked this same depressing question last year,
but any new or reissued Holiday music this year?  The
best thing I've bought this season is JIMMY
SMITH-CHRISTMAST COOKIN' - holiday music served up
greasy-fried-chicken-organ style!  Recommended!
And remember....Astroslut albums make GREAT Holiday
gifts..hohoho!
Jane Fondle


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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) I'm back!
Date: 08 Dec 1999 18:36:48 +0100


Jane Fondle wrote:

> Sooo....wha'd I miss?

Nothing. We closed the list down for the duration of your absence.
Okay guys, start posting again :-)

Marco

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Michele Mange
Date: 08 Dec 1999 11:36:25 -0600


this is a great record...  very strange at times.  cover here:

http://www.tamboo.com/clubvelvet/lp/Selections85.html

ciao!

  - kk


>A person at the Oregon record store http://www.aethor-or was descriing this
>album to me.  Michele Mange sounds fantastic!  What is the album "Tropical
>Fantasy" like.  I'm sure this was discussed years ago on the list but the
>archives are not key worded and I forgot what was said.

visit...

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Adventures in Sound
Date: 08 Dec 1999 12:52:55 -0500


This series on Columbia brought us Andre Popp and Pierre Fatosme's
"Delerium in Hi-Fi" and Zizi (which also features Popp on a few
tracks).  What other albums were issued in this series?

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Date: 08 Dec 1999 13:18:27 -0600


>This series on Columbia brought us Andre Popp and Pierre Fatosme's
>"Delerium in Hi-Fi" and Zizi (which also features Popp on a few
>tracks).  What other albums were issued in this series?


Sabu "Sorcery!"  (
http://www.tamboo.com/clubvelvet/lp/Selections162.html  ) for one.

i've also seen an Italian mandolins record and some caribbean/calypso
type stuff under the label...

  - kk

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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Christmas Cookin'!
Date: 08 Dec 1999 14:13:23 -0500


  The
>best thing I've bought this season is JIMMY
>SMITH-CHRISTMAST COOKIN' - holiday music served up
>greasy-fried-chicken-organ style!  Recommended!


HELL YEAH...spread in on think momma!
this is the ONLY XMAS record i can listen to.
what cover do you have??? it was issued then reissued with a different
cover but i do not know which one came first...i have the one with jimmy in
the rod.
the other one was an abstract pattern, no jimmy.

its the only xmas record i can listen to cuz i do not have the Esquivel
xmas records or the 3 suns ding dong one.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Christmas Cookin'!
Date: 08 Dec 1999 20:42:55 +0000


People variously have swooned and noted...

>The best thing I've bought this season is
>JIMMY SMITH-CHRISTMAS COOKIN' - holiday music served up
>greasy-fried-chicken-organ style!  Recommended!

Today (Wednesday 8th) is also the great man's 74th
birthday!  Many happy returns, Jimmy!

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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) those cupons
Date: 08 Dec 1999 15:41:04 -0500


Off topic, kinda....

who was the nice person who posted those cupons for the bookstore.  I
managed to blast the original message and failed to make a bookmark for
them, and now I need them.  Please get back to me, off list if you =
like.
Thanx.

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From: "Mayhue, Wade" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Christmas Cookin'!
Date: 08 Dec 1999 12:48:04 -0800


Jane Fondle wrote:

>>So, I asked this same depressing question last year,

but any new or reissued Holiday music this year? The

best thing I've bought this season is JIMMY

SMITH-CHRISTMAST COOKIN' - holiday music served up

greasy-fried-chicken-organ style! Recommended!<<

You will find some even greasier cookin' on "Christmas with McGriff" by
Jimmy McGriff.  Not only delectable for the tasty Hammond organ licks but
also for the *huge* afro adorning the lovely cover model.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Momus live at Atomic Cafe, Munich
Date: 08 Dec 1999 22:27:13 +0100


[e-mail] wrote:

> > This would be Kahimi Karie. Who is a Goddess. Whose music defies description
> > in amazing Japanese pop. If you don't know her, you should.
>
> NO.  That was Karin Komoto, who is one of the patrons on Stars
> Forever.  She is following them on their European tour.  She's
> not Japanese, she's Japanese-American.  The "gays with girlfriends"
> bit is a reference to the song about her.
>
> I don't believe Kahimi Karie is performing with them on the
> European tour.
>
> I don't think that was her singing as Everlasting Gobstopper, tho.
> That was some 13-year-old girl.

Hmmm... Could be. I thought I heard the name Kahimi, but Kahimi, Karie and Karin
all sound alike... Let's check what the others have to say who were at the
concert. Be back in a day on this.


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Subject: (exotica) Good morning
Date: 08 Dec 1999 22:48:09 +0100


* (list member) wrote:

> Willie Nelson's fondest wish for the next century?
> "In the future, I would like to be able to push a
> switch and have pot released into every household
> all over the world," he says in Rolling Stone's
> upcoming special end-of-millennium issue. "This
> invention will be sure to get a joint into the
> hands of every world leader, every morning --
> right into their bedrooms."

So sweet! I love this man. His concert 3 years ago in Circus Krone on his
60th birthday was a top 5 highlight of all concerts I have ever seen. It
was heavenly. Gottlich.

Mo


P.S.:

Top 18 concerts of my life (as far as I can remember):

1970 Steamhammer in Mannheim
1971 Arthur Brown in Dusseldorf
1974 Yamashita Trio in Munich
1974  Archie Shepp in Munich
1975 Art Ensemble of Chicago in Moers
1978 Charly's Girls in Dusseldorf
1979 Devo in Frankfurt
1980 Devo in San Francisco
1980 Snakefinger / Residents in San Francisco
1981 Iggy Pop in Berlin
1981 Kraftwerk in Berlin
1984 Andreas Dorau in Dusseldorf
1989 James Brown in Dusseldorf
1992 Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy in Hamburg
1994 Frank Sinatra in Hamburg
1997 Willie Nelson in Munich
1997 El Vez in Munich
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Subject: (exotica) Adventures In Sound
Date: 08 Dec 1999 16:49:03 -0500


http://www.wildsscene.com/music/advent.html

Our erstwhile pal, Tony, has a AIS page at his Wilds Sounds site.

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Christmas Cookin'!
Date: 08 Dec 1999 17:44:58 -0500


At 09:15 AM 12/8/99 -0800, Jane Fondle wrote:
>So, I asked this same depressing question last year,
>but any new or reissued Holiday music this year?  The
>best thing I've bought this season is JIMMY
>SMITH-CHRISTMAST COOKIN' - holiday music served up
>greasy-fried-chicken-organ style!

I don't know if it's been reissued but in the same vein, there's also a
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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Edvin Biukovic
Date: 08 Dec 1999 17:50:03 -0500


Cartoonist Edvin Biukovic passed away Sunday morning (Dec 5). Here's a note from
friend and collaborator Darko Macan (taken from TheForce.net):
---------------
A moment of silence for someone who has departed far too soon....

Edvin Biukovic died early on Sunday morning, 5th of December, from a
heart failure and the resulting collapse of the lungs. All the
reanimation attempts were unsuccessfull. At the time he was
hospitalized at "Rebro" clinic in Zagreb, Croatia, after being
diagnosed with brain tumor two weeks ago. He was awaiting an operation
and no one expected an outcome like this.

Edvin Biukovic was best known for his work on Grendel Tales, Human
Target and a couple of Star Wars series. A brilliant artist, he was
awarded a Russ Manning Best Newcomer award in 1995.

Eddy, an only child, has left behind both of his parents, many a
shocked friend and even more admirers.

Spare him a prayer, folks.
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Christmas Cookin'!
Date: 08 Dec 1999 17:52:32 -0500




>any new or reissued Holiday music this year?

Welcome back, Oh Jane!

This is more like Christmas smoldering but "Dave's True Story" has a new EP
 out with 3 winter/Christmas songs:
 Winter Wonderland,  Let It Snow,  and This Christmas, a DTS original.

http://www.davestruestory.com/
The web page is a little confusing. They seem to be listing the songs
separately but they must all be on the same disk. That is what I have.
One of the songs has a low-key "wow" in it that just knocks me out.

Just ask Thinkmatic, I'm the LAST person to be recommending a Christmas CD.
 but the 2 winter songs are so cool I'm hoping it will snow like heck just
so I can play the songs to death on my show.

Lead singer Kelly Flint is described as a Joni Mitchell type singer.
Guitarist David Cantor has writes beautiful songs. Some of them have sexual
 themes and so his music  has been described as "kinky".  I blushed when I
heard a few. Not since discovering Tom Waits have I been smitten by such
melody and lyrics.

Laid back, late night, acoustic lounge with a twist.  DTS is showing up in
NE and Boston in January. The wife and I will be there and trying out
"Kelly's Pink Belt Martini ".

Domenic
"Martinis with Mancini" on WJUL 91.5- Fridays 6-9am
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Date: 08 Dec 1999 19:30:05 EST



In a message dated 12/8/99 4:49:32 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>970 Steamhammer in Mannheim
>1971 Arthur Brown in Dusseldorf
>1974 Yamashita Trio in Munich
>1974  Archie Shepp in Munich
>1975 Art Ensemble of Chicago in Moers
>1978 Charly's Girls in Dusseldorf
>1979 Devo in Frankfurt
>1980 Devo in San Francisco
>1980 Snakefinger / Residents in San Francisco
>1981 Iggy Pop in Berlin
>1981 Kraftwerk in Berlin
>1984 Andreas Dorau in Dusseldorf
>1989 James Brown in Dusseldorf
>1992 Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy in Hamburg
>1994 Frank Sinatra in Hamburg
>1997 Willie Nelson in Munich
>1997 El Vez in Munich
>1999 Tiger Lillies in Munich

Those were Mo's top concerts of the past 30 years....This BEGS the question,
what were yours? Even if they weren't your ABSOLUTE COOLEST favorites, and
they were unusual, bizarre, or strange, let's let loose......I need an
overnight to think it over. We COULd make it a top-10. Mine start in '58
because I have a jump on age ;--)   Jimmy


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Subject: (exotica) Xmas, Baby Doll, and Magne
Date: 08 Dec 1999 19:35:21 EST


>>In a message dated 12/8/99 3:42:53 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< this is the ONLY XMAS record i can listen to.
Besides The Three Suns' Ding Dong Dandy Christmas and Esquivel's Merry
Christmas From the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, there's also The Ventures
Christmas Album, Arthur Lyman's Mele Kalikimaka, and Herb Alpert's Merry Xmas
in this genre (and probably a few other good ones that I forgot).  I didn't
know about the Jimmy Smith LP but I have no doubt that that's good.

>>i think you should get it Nat, especially if Kenyon is your man.

BasicHip did an excellent job of describing this LP and movie.  It's not
really crime jazz but has more of a Southern sound.  It has more strings than
your typical crime jazz or Hopkins LP.  It's moody in the same way as a good
crime jazz LP with lots of seductive sax bits.  It's a good score.  If you've
caught the Hopkins bug, you should get it.

>>Best bet for acquiring Michel Magne's Tropical Fantasy it is the bootleg
paired with The Markko Polo Adventures that came out a few years back.

Yes, these two recordings pair up quite well.  They're both rooted in the
Denny sound but have a little more drama to them.  The Magne CD sounds like
Martin Denny threw a wild party and Andre Popp showed up with a few of his
friends (and maybe Yma Sumac was there to throw in a few screams).

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Xmas, Baby Doll, and Magne
Date: 08 Dec 1999 18:00:05 -0800


[e-mail] wrote:
> << this is the ONLY XMAS record i can listen to.
> Besides The Three Suns' Ding Dong Dandy Christmas and Esquivel's Merry
> Christmas From the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, there's also The Ventures
> Christmas Album, Arthur Lyman's Mele Kalikimaka

Lyman's album was reissued by Ryko as "With a Christmas Vibe". And is
highly recommended!

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Subject: (exotica) Digital Odd-io page update
Date: 08 Dec 1999 22:06:38 EST


Oops!

That URL I posted last night was the old version.  The revised page is up and
contains brief descriptions to THE GAME OF LIFE and FLIGHT F-I-N-A-L.

You will also find a link to a site a I highly recommend, SHOW AND TELL
MUSIC, where you will find many cover scan galleries of forgotten music. The
site's creator, Will, was kind enough to lend me his Flight Final LP for this
project.  Keep an eye out for his ebay auctions too, he always has some
killer s*** up for grabs.

visit here and check back for more titles soon...

<A HREF="http://www.metro.net/basichip/word.html">http://www.metro.net/basichi
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From: Jim Gerwitz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Baby Doll & The Singing Nun
Date: 08 Dec 1999 19:44:56 -0800


BasicHip wrote: <And whotta cover!  This movie still sizzles (without so
much as a single kiss if I remember right), even by today's standards.>

IMO one of the top 10 record covers ever! That remaindered soundtrack
book some of us bought from Daedalus recently has a nice full page pic,
but the album glossy is nicer. I left the record sitting out in view for
a long time, finally realized that looking at a woman's eyes turned
sideways while she's lying down can be quite, er disconcerting. Baker,
Malden, and especially slimeball extraordinaire Eli Wallach are all
outstanding. BasicHip's review of the music is on the money.

I'm soooo torn up that CBS did not give Kathie Lee Gifford a Christmas
special this year - Rosie OD and Amy Grant specials won't cut it, cuz
wacky KLG never failed to deliver the goods. Thus, this Saturday it's
time to wallow again in the surreal train-wreck wonderfulness of Debbie
Reynolds as the Singing Nun. God bless TCM! And just think, I just saw
Souer Sourire's LP on eBay, only $15.99 with NO RESERVE!  This LP along
with the TJB's Whipped Cream are the Yin and Yang of thrift store
records. Ubiquitous, cosmic, universal truths available at each and
every Goodwill.......

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Good morning, good shows
Date: 08 Dec 1999 23:36:00 -0500


>Those were Mo's top concerts of the past 30 years....This BEGS the question,
>what were yours?

Not necessarily the best shows, but these are all shows I remember fondly
as being something special. I know you will never have heard of a number of
these artists. Some years are better guesses than others.

1976 - An unknown free jazz ensemble played as part of a multi-media event
after-hours at my high school. Maybe called The Spiritual Energy Collective
or something like that. I'd been listening to free jazz on college radio
and records, but it was real fine to *see* musicians blasting it out live.
My first sighting of auto brake drums as percussion instruments, and
they've followed me ever since.

1980 & 1981 - The Stickmen - Egads, Allentown - A post-punk-funk combo from
Philly. Sort of like The Contortions, only, er, wilder.

1982 - Etron Fou Leloublan - basement of a closed-down department store,
Allentown - A unique post-rock-avant-etc combo from France, that gently
rewired normal expectations of a "rock performance."

1983 - Skeleton Crew - small basement theater in a hotel, Allentown - Fred
Frith and Tom Cora pulled loaves and fishes from their ramshackle
collection of instruments and noisemakers.

1983 - Pylon - Zadar's, New Hope - They picked up the room and just gave it
a spin for the duration. Even I danced.

1983 - Dead Milkmen - Harleysville Youth Center - Their first show ever.
What a racket.

1983 - The Drum Dorks - barn party, Hilltown - A silly
noise/comedy/performance percussion duo. You had to be there, probably.

1988 - Glass Eye - forget the club name, Philadelphia - An unjustly
overlooked band from Austin, TX. Hard to describe -- art pop maybe? I saw
them a couple of times and both shows were amazing, but this one (circa the
"Bent By Nature" album) was a really transcendent performance.

1988 - Frank Zappa - Muhlenberg College, Allentown - His last tour. The
most amazingly hi-fi live sound I've ever experienced -- and this in a
cavernous gymnasium. Also the most intimate feeling "big show" I've ever
seen. Such a strange mixture of extreme virtuoso-ism and offhand goofing.
And the most wildly diverse audience I've ever seen.

1989 or 90? - Baby Flamehead - Khyber Pass, Philly - Eclectic, non-folk,
acoustic rock band, or something like that. Swell covers of both the Sesame
Street and Speed Racer themes (the latter very slow and low-key).

1992 or so? - The Autumn Carousel - Khyber Pass, Philly - Tongue in cheek,
harmony vocal soft pop. Actually an offshoot from Nixon's Head.

1999 - Burn Witch Burn - The Trocadero, Philly - The warmup set in their
dressing room. Acoustic Celtic/Gypsy/etc in a dark vein.

1999 - Butterfly Joe - The Trocadero/Fergie's Pub, Philly - Classic pop
songs. I mean, new classic pop songs. Two very different shows. The Troc
set included horn and string backing from Big Mess and was simply
beautiful. Two months later, the show in the upstairs room at Fergie's
featured the core quartet (under rehearsed and tired to the point of
silliness) and was a total shambles. But a very friendly and entertaining
shambles, and I laughed more than I've laughed in years. Brake drum used in
both shows.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Good morning, good shows, bad memory
Date: 09 Dec 1999 00:25:23 -0500


At 11:36 PM 12/8/99 -0500, m.ace wrote:
>
>>Those were Mo's top concerts of the past 30 years....This BEGS the
question,
>>what were yours?
>
>Not necessarily the best shows, but these are all shows I remember fondly
>as being something special. I know you will never have heard of a number of
>these artists. Some years are better guesses than others.

Geez, how can you people remember all this stuff?  I can remember a few
shows and vaguely how old I might have been at the time but nothing like
this kind of detail.
But I'll take a shot at a few names and some vague eras.

In my teens and twenties, Jefferson Airplane live concert.
Oh here's one with an actual date...
Summer of 71 - free live concert at Hyde Park in London (the year AFTER the
Blind Faith free concert)
Heads, Hands and Feet and Humble Pie opening for Grand Funk.
Another one with a date:
Xmas season 75 - Springsteen for the first time at a smallish hall.

As a teenager, Johnny Winter at some rock festival, Grateful Dead and
Joplin at that festival where they took a train cross-country.  "Festival
Express"?

Also as a teenager, The Flock.  Nobody showed up and after playing their
hit, they launched into a free-jazz jam.  I thought it sucked but I also
thought it was cool.

In my twenties, the two greatest live club performers, who I saw a number
of times were Houndog Taylor and Wayne Cochrane.

Towards the end of my twenties, Rockpile and Elvis Costello.

Somewhere in the mid-twenties.  A totally unknown and unannounced Tom Waits
opening for Maria Muldaur.  Subsequently saw Mr.Waits a few more times and
he was always great.

I can't think of anything that even comes close to lounge or exotica.  Oh
wait, I saw Johnny Mathis when I was about 13.  Around the same time, I
also met Joe Williams and Oscar Peterson, just sitting around in the
livingroom of my friend's house.

Believe it or not, I saw an amazing Gino Vanelli show once.  In a small
club, it was him, two guys on a massive bank of keyboards.  (One was his
brother and the other one might have been this local guy Fred Mandel who
played with Alice Cooper.)  And the drummer was Michael Shrieve from Santana.
It was a tour-de-force.

I'm a bit embarrassed about this one but around 1972, I saw Harry Chapin in
this very small (legendary) club here called the Riverboat and I was blown
away.

I can't end with Harry Chapin.  How about something more recent?

Okay, about 12 years ago.  John Zorn with Naked City.





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Date: 09 Dec 1999 00:22:32 EST



In a message dated 12/9/99 12:20:52 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

> The Flock.

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Subject: (exotica) My Top Shows
Date: 09 Dec 1999 00:30:43 EST


Thanks to Mo for originating this thread

1958 - Fabian and Leslie Uggams (then 15) at Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA
1964 - Al Martino, singing with my mother at a house party, Lexington, MA
1965 - The Vibrations, opening for the Rolling Stones, Boston Garden, Boston,
MA
1967 - The Fugs at "The Psychedelic Supermarket", Boston, MA
1967 - Moby Grape at "The Psychedelic Supermarket", Boston, MA
1973 - Chris Rhodes Band at "Brandys1", Boston. MA (homeboy David Landau as
        lead guitarist, brother of Jon "I have seen the future of rocknroll"
Landau)
1975 - Tower Of Power at "Paul's Mall", Boston, MA (never miss a chance to
see         this All American Band...they still play very well)
1977 - Phil Woods at "Sandy's" in Beverly
1983 - The Chesterfield Kings at "Storyville" in Kenmore Square, Boston (I
got to introduce the band by saying "Ladies and gentlemen, Its time to tune
in, turn on, and light up to the sound of The Chesterfield Kings")
1983 - The Cramps at "The Peppermint Lounge", NYC (stood in a crowd of asshole
s       for 4 hours for the "experience")
1984 - Tavares at "The Emperors Club"  Mother's Day Concert at the Skycap
Plaza,      Boston,MA (these guys can perform)







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From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) top shows
Date: 09 Dec 1999 01:14:40 -0500


my brain is damaged, so there will be a few at a time.

Highway Inn, small bar in Valley Stream?, c 1964/5:

Chuck berry (spoke to him to for about 20 minutes between sets)

Jimmy James with Curtis Knight and the Squires (spoke to Hendrix for
about 30 minutes between sets)

Fillmore East, prob. 1969 or so:

opener: Mongo Santamaria big band
second act: Ike and Tina Turner
closer: Fats Domino and a full band w/horns (NO style)

john and yoko (in a bag) open for the Mothers i think?

Central Park, Schaeffer festival: 3 different dates:

Otis Redding

Mothers

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Bottom Line: 1976-1980

(worked there 6/7 days a week, saw every show except the week of
springsteen (too crowded, i left!):

lots of RR Kirk
lots of Sun Ra
Neil Young sits in with Ry Cooder Acoustic style
Yellow Magic Orchestra 2x
Sonny Rollins
Willie Dixon
several Mose Allison gigs
Leon Redbone solo

 lots i can't remember now...

mid to late 60's:

Bill Monroe, various configurations
Jimmy Martin
Flatt and Scruggs carnegie 64? you can hear me screaming on the record

lots of early fugs and early mothers

i think carnegie or town hall:

opener: holy modal rounders (stampfel and weber) stampfel is tripping,
plays whole set on his back.

second: flying burrito brothers

main act: the byrds, with Clarence white, first time in public on east
coast with string bender, every guitarist in town is there...

early 60's,

open: greenbriar boys
second: Libba cotten
main: mississippi john hurt

during summers, used to sit next to Rev. Gary Davis while he played
under a shade tree all afternoon at a hippie/commie summer camp in
connecticut.

dylan with the Band at a woody guthrie memorial

The Band, sans Robertson but manuel still with them, playing for a dance
for about 3,000 very retarded adults at studio 54...

aaron neville singing for a private wedding in NO, a cappella and with
organ, amazing grace and one other tune...

Dr. John with big band (bottom line)

John Delafose with Geno (very young) on frattoir (sp?) in maple leaf
bar, NO

my bluegrass band backing up BB King at a political fundraiser: electric
bass, 2 fiddles, banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, and BB King.

Ebenezer Obay at Roseland (first US tour, wild big band)

moondog playing on 6th ave. and 54th st. (usually just stood there)

me playing theremin (featured soloist) with symphony orchestra at
Lincoln Center performing Spellbound concerto. I was not excellent, but
the scene was unbelievable...

Richard Pryor, a whole evening of him, 1966, brooklyn college.

i'll try to remember more.

ck



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Subject: Re: (exotica) Good morning, good shows, bad memory
Date: 08 Dec 1999 23:37:58 -0700


my top concerts/performances:

1971 - Procol Harum with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
? - k.d. lang at the edmonton folk fest. i think it was soon after she signed
with sire records. she wore a tuxedo and opened with an electrifying
"Thunderball." also saw k.d. in a play at a small edmonton theatre before she
was famous (before she was even k.d. -- she was "kathy" at the time). it was
an all singing role, she was country singer styled after patsy cline, part of
a C & W "greek chorus." i was much more enthusiastic about another actress in
the same play.
?? - Jane Siberry. Several memorable concerts including an outdoor one
downtown & one at the edmonton folk fest in the pouring rain.
1988 - Leonard Cohen - my favourite of the lot. it was the start of Cohen's
north american tour, he played for 3 hours, was in fine voice (relatively
speaking, of course) and had a great band including an oud player.
1991 (?) - Kate and Anna McGarrigle at the folk fest. with Kate's children
Martha and Rufus Wainwright (who was 17 and absolutely adorable).
1998 - Stompin' Tom Connors.

best concert i missed: Tom Jones on his last tour. Couldn't afford the 50
bucks at the time. regret it now.

best concert i hope to see. Tom Waits. Been waiting about two decade for him
to make an appearance in these parts.

best fantasy concert: The Three Toms: Waits, Jones & Connors.


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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) top shows
Date: 09 Dec 1999 02:08:37 -0500


At 01:14 AM 12/9/99 -0500, Citizen Kafka wrote:

>Bill Monroe, various configurations
>Jimmy Martin
>Flatt and Scruggs carnegie 64? you can hear me screaming on the record

Those are the ones I'm jealous of.  Actually I used to go to this bluegrass
festival in North Carolina every summer in the mid-seventies but don't
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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) My Top Shows
Date: 09 Dec 1999 08:59:53 +0000


A transatlantic (mostly) perspective:

1963 - The Spotnicks, Aldershot Town Hall
1964 - The Beatles, Granada Tooting, S. London
1964 - Phil Tate Orchestra, Streatham Locarno (they did a
       really good version of 'Taboo')
1964 - Sounds Incorporated, Wimbledon Palais-de-Danse (very good)
       Britain's best rock and roll instrumental combo of that era..
       are they 'known' in the USA????
1964 - The Hollies (inc. Graham Nash) Wimbledon Palais
1965 - The Beach Boys, Granada Tooting again
1967 - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Albert Hall, London
1969 - The Ventures (Frankfurt USAF base, Germany)
marriage and raising kids then intervened until
1992 - Rock and Roll concert at Wembley arena (Little Richard
       - what a performer, and Duane Eddy (he's still got it))
1995 - Brenda Lee (not exotica, but a great singer anyway)
1996 - Gene Pitney (ditto)
1997 - The Lettermen, Nashville.



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Subject: Re: (exotica) My Top Shows
Date: 09 Dec 1999 08:59:53 +0000


A transatlantic (mostly) perspective:

1963 - The Spotnicks, Aldershot Town Hall
1964 - The Beatles, Granada Tooting, S. London
1964 - Phil Tate Orchestra, Streatham Locarno (they did a
       really good version of 'Taboo')
1964 - Sounds Incorporated, Wimbledon Palais-de-Danse (very good)
       Britain's best rock and roll instrumental combo of that era..
       are they 'known' in the USA????
1964 - The Hollies (inc. Graham Nash) Wimbledon Palais
1965 - The Beach Boys, Granada Tooting again
1967 - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Albert Hall, London
1969 - The Ventures (Frankfurt USAF base, Germany)
marriage and raising kids then intervened until
1992 - Rock and Roll concert at Wembley arena (Little Richard
       - what a performer, and Duane Eddy (he's still got it))
1995 - Brenda Lee (not exotica, but a great singer anyway)
1996 - Gene Pitney (ditto)
1997 - The Lettermen, Nashville.



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Hippopotamus
Date: 09 Dec 1999 12:08:30 EST


Has anyone ever seen a 78 of "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas"?

And . . . .  is anybody out there playing their "Yogi"s???

You know who you are!

TB


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) those cupons
Date: 09 Dec 1999 12:10:02 EST


In a message dated 12/08/99 3:48:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< who was the nice person who posted those cupons for the bookstore.  I
 managed to blast the original message and failed to make a bookmark for
 them, and now I need them.  >>

and to ever it was, thanks!  TB got his copy of Populuxe a few days ago.

Neat-O!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) My Top Shows
Date: 09 Dec 1999 12:31:47 -0500



>1964 - Sounds Incorporated, Wimbledon Palais-de-Danse (very good)
>        Britain's best rock and roll instrumental combo of that era..
>        are they 'known' in the USA????

Only for their version of "Cast Your Face to the Wind"(intended typo).  I
also saw them in "Go Go Mania".  Quite the lively crew!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) those cupons
Date: 09 Dec 1999 12:39:16 EST





>and to ever it was, thanks!  TB got his copy of Populuxe a few days ago.
>
>Neat-O!
>
>TB
>
Great book!!!Is it back in print?
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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) My Top Shows
Date: 09 Dec 1999 15:20:38 -0500


At 12:30 AM 12/9/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:

>1964 - Al Martino, singing with my mother at a house party, Lexington, MA

Okay, tell us the story.

>1967 - Moby Grape at "The Psychedelic Supermarket", Boston, MA

That would have been nice.  But how about Boston bands?  Or bands that were
marketed under that "Boss-Town" sound moniker?
Did you ever see the Beacon Street Union for instance?  I can imagine they
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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Burning CD-Rs
Date: 09 Dec 1999 14:58:19 -0500


Big article on burning CDs in the NYT today:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/circuits/articles/09pete.html

About different CDs:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/circuits/articles/09spet.html

Overview of CD labeling kits:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/circuits/articles/09cove.html

Check these today (Dec. 9) if you can. The NYT makes most articles
available online for free only on the day they're published in the print
editions. After that, pay to download from the archives. You may need to
register to gain access.

Plus the print edition lists URLs for CD burning guides...good for you on
digest:
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~abcomp/lp-cdr.htm
tons o links, Written by a guy who records vinyl onto CD.

http://resource.simplenet.com/primer/primer.htm
for PC/Windows users

www.fadden.com/cdrfaq
Huge. Can be downloaded as one html file, with translations in Italian,
=46rench, Chinese promised.







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From: "Kristjan Saag" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Powerhouse"
Date: 10 Dec 1999 00:05:41 +0100


Vanessa M Cox  wrote (Dec 5):

>From next year onwards I'm hoping to be able to host a show on my =
campus >radio station here at=20
>Coventry, and I've been asked to do a preliminary playlist so that the =
>programmers would know/snip
>Anyway, I'd really like some opinions on this playlist. Also, any good =
sites=20
>which might give me more tips on playlisting or presenting a radio =
>show?/snip
 >Gershon Kingsley 'For Alisse Beethovan', Music to Moog By/snip
>Moondog 'Conversation and Music at 51st Street. And 6th Avenue (New =
>York City)', More=20
>Moondog/The Story of Moondog/snip
---
Gershon Kingsley and Moondog in the same show! I say...!
But if you want to hear the definite Kingsley album, please try "Much =
Silence" on Relativity TR 8061. This is part Moog music, part soft =
ambience  a la  Eno Brothers, but more melodic than Brian, more harmonic =
than Roger. It is sooooo good! Miles from Pop Corn. Close to...ever =
heard of Roedelius?
Kristjan

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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Kenny Baker, I Roy
Date: 09 Dec 1999 19:06:13 -0500


    LONDON (AP) -- Jazz musician Kenny Baker, who performed for
sellout British audiences in the 1950s, has died. He was 78.
    Baker died Tuesday in a hospital in Felpham in southern
England, his manager Jim Simpson said. He had been hospitalized for
 three weeks suffering from a viral infection.
    Baker is best known for his work with the band, Baker's Dozen,  and for his numerous performances on film and television
soundtracks. A session musician, he performed with many stars,
including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Tony Bennett. His work
can also be heard on James Bond movie soundtracks.
    ``Everyone regarded him on a different level to any other
trumpeter in the British Isles,'' said British jazz musician John
Dankworth. ``He was a world class performer.''
    Born in Withernsea in northeast England, Baker briefly played  piano, violin and accordion before settling on the cornet, a brass
instrument similar to the trumpet.
    At 17, he headed to London where he became a popular session
musician. During World War II, he left the professional jazz
circuit to serve with the Royal Air Force and help put on shows for
British troops.
    After the war, his reputation as a soloist grew and he shared  top billing with comedy acts such as Benny Hill and the duo
Morecambe and Wise.
    In the 1950s, Baker started playing with the Baker's Dozen, a  jazz band that packed in crowds throughout Britain.
    Earlier this year, Baker was awarded an MBE, or Member of the  Order of British Empire, from Queen Elizabeth II. He also was named
the best trumpet player at the British Jazz awards, the third time
he won the honor.
    Baker is survived by his wife, Sue, and daughter, Julie.
Funeral arrangements were not available.
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I've seen unconfirmed reports that Reggae legend I Roy has smoked his last spliff.
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Date: 09 Dec 1999 19:49:49 EST



In a message dated 12/9/99 3:16:20 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>1964 - Al Martino, singing with my mother at a house party, Lexington, MA
>Okay, tell us the story.

I'm gonna e-mail Moms in FLA to get the detes on how it all came about, I'll
get back with the whole story ASAP. Suffice to say, seeing Mom singing
"Living A Lie", "I Love You Because",  and "Painted Tainted Rose" 3 sheets to
the wind with a suave Al (I think he was a neighbor's pal or relative) just
before the British Invasion left me not knowing WHAT to think! But looking
back as an easy kinda fella in '99, it was an astounding moment

>That would have been nice.  But how about Boston bands?  Or bands that were
>marketed under that "Boss-Town" sound moniker?

Hated Orpheus at the time, love 'm now.  Ultimate Spinach and Beacon Street
Union were relatively regular radio fare on then underground shows such as
Dick Summers' "Subway" show on WBZ-AM on Sunday nights. You could also get
them on WMEX-AM, the "alternative" of the two Top-40 AM stations in Boston
back in the day. I guess hearing them on the radio and wearing my twisted
paperclip in the shape of an "S" to "spread the sound" on my shirt pocket was
enough. Long story short:  never saw any Bosstown bands, except The Remains,
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From: [e-mail] (bruce lenkei)
Subject: (exotica) Mondo Cane Soundtrack
Date: 09 Dec 1999 22:26:25 -0500 (EST)


I picked this up at the local used record store today. A nice surprise.
I've never seen or heard about the movie. I was only familier with the
Sinatra version of the theme song. It's got a little bit of everything on
it. Swingin' sultry jazz, A cha cha, scary, moody tunes. Would make an
interesting addition to any lounge library.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Mondo Cane Soundtrack
Date: 09 Dec 1999 23:15:32 -0500


cool,
 be sure to check out the film too.
quite a few surprises in there as well! (if your tummy can take it ;)
i went on a MONDOKICK two years ago and rented as many Mondo films as i could.
it is such a strange genre of films and would seem to do well today
with such the hype about freaks, carnage, and the underside of culture.
if it has not been done already i good idea would be to repackage a slick
nutty BEST OF MONDO sorta deal...done in the spirit of the originals.
Mondo films kinda degenerated into the Faces and
Traces of Death scenerio these days.
not as fun or kooky as the CANE type films.

happy listening

bump

>I picked this up at the local used record store today. A nice surprise.
>I've never seen or heard about the movie.




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From: "Philip Jackson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) top shows
Date: 10 Dec 1999 19:56:17 +1100


Wow, there's some lucky folk in the US.

A few opportunities do arise in Australia.

My favourites:

Jimmy Smith as support for a Dave Brubeck/Gerry Mulligan gig in the early
'70's.

Kraftwerk at the Princess Theatre and a soundcheck and chat with them.

Tangerine Dream in '73 in Quadraphonic Sound!!

Hari Prassad Charausia - five and a half hours and still going when I had to
leave.

The Art Ensemble of Chicago - lab coats and pith helmets and noise.

Mahavishnu Orchestra  '75 - 'nuff said.

Arthur "BigBoy" Cruddup.

Ravi Shankar and a very young Zakir Hussein.

Einstein On The Beach - complete and incredible!!!!



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Subject: (exotica) Groovy
Date: 10 Dec 1999 11:25:21 +0100




All you wannabe DJ's out there, here's your big chance...

http://www.turntables.de/scratchit8.htm

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Date: 10 Dec 1999 06:28:22 EST


Cheese Forum???

Geez, and I got yelled at because of discussing CD-R burning issues.

Ahhhhhhh, limberger!

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Subject: (exotica) top 10 gigs
Date: 10 Dec 1999 11:35:47 -0000


Mostly from my Rock roots

Johnny Cash - Kilburn National Ballroom, a rockabilly trio, a rockabilly
set, in a dancehall, Heaven.  Shame his health was poor.

Tom Jones,  every time (6 and counting) for 'Walking in Memphis and 'He
stopped Loving Her Today' most recently.  The best will be when he goes like
JC and does a dancehall gig.

Joy Division,  1979/80bottom of the bill to John Cooper Clark (mancunian
punk poet) in a theatre in Londons west End.  6 people in the hall,  Curtis
could sit on the front of the stage and stare into your soul while he sang.
Scary.  I couldn't bring myself to see them again,  it seemed too
voyeuristic.

The Clash,  Rainbow Theatre, North London 1977.  So good, I couldn't bring
myself to see them again either. I didn't want to see them be crap.

Jesus and Mary Chain ICA Christmas 84.  20 minutes of feedback,  20 minutes
of feedback and songs.  Bobby Gillespie on drums.  You can hear me talking
bollocks all over the bootleg.

Primal Scream,  every time (10? over 15 years),  every time is different,
except for the glorious sloppiness.

The Residents Mole Show early 80s.  What was that about, then?

Shock Headed Peters/Dave Howard Singers Zap Club Brighton.  A remarkable
evening,  the Shockheaded peters trying to fight anyone who heckled them.

Beastie Boys/Public Enemy/RunDMC,  in the UK,  this was headline news all
the way round,  due mainly to the Beasties show,  20 foot dick,  topless
dancers in cages.  But 3 great hiphop acts,  all in great form.

TackHead/Mark Stewart/Gary Clail, Astoria London.  2 hour show,  Gary Clail
and mark Stewart wandering on and off.  Finished off with a funk version of
'3rd Stone from the sun'  with the lead played by Doug Wimbish Bass.  Live
mix by Adrian Sherwood.  Exotica related,  a fine version of Stormy Weather!

El Maestro Con Queso

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Subject: (exotica) [obits] John Archer,Pupella Maggio,Ed Bryce
Date: 10 Dec 1999 09:42:43 -0500


                            *John Archer
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- John Archer, an actor and radio announcer who
introduced ``The Shadow'' series in the mid 1940s with the
familiar: ``Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The
Shadow knows,'' died Sunday. He was 84.
    In addition to ``The Shadow,'' Archer's voice was heard on
radio's ``The FBI in Peace and War'' and a daily soap opera called
``Amanda of Honeymoon Hill.''
    In 1950, Archer had the leading role in the science fiction film
``Destination Moon.'' He also appeared in ``Sherlock Holmes in
Washington'' opposite Marjorie Lord, his first wife.
    Among Archer's more than 50 films were ``Ten Thousand
Bedrooms,'' ``Rock Around the Clock,'' ``Blue Hawaii,'' ``Apache
Rifles'' and ``How to Frame a Figg.''
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                          *Pupella Maggio
    ROME (AP) -- Pupella Maggio, who portrayed Federico Fellini's  mother in the director's autobiographical film ``Amarcord,'' died
Wednesday. She was 89.
    Maggio was well known in Italy for her comic theater roles.
    In her later years, she appeared in films including the 1973
Academy Award-winning foreign film ``Amarcord'' and Giuseppe
Tornatore's 1988 ``Nuovo Cinema Paradiso,'' which won the Italian
director an Oscar.
    Maggio retired from the stage about a decade ago and recently  was teaching acting.
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Ed Bryce, 78, well-known actor, singer and announcer, died Sunday,
December 5, 1999, in Norwalk hospital after a long illness.
Mr. Bryce was a pioneer of early live television,appearing as Captain
Strong on the first television space adventure, "Tom Corbett, Space
Cadet," now a
cult classic, and in many other early live television productions. He
may be remembered best for his fourteen years as "Bill Bauer" on "The
Guiding Light," and also was an award winner for his performances on
Broadway.
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Bosstown Sound
Date: 09 Dec 1999 23:01:38 -0500



>>That would have been nice.  But how about Boston bands?  Or bands that were
>>marketed under that "Boss-Town" sound moniker?
>
>Hated Orpheus at the time, love 'm now.  Ultimate Spinach and Beacon Street
>Union were relatively regular radio fare on then underground shows

I saw Ultimate Spinach open for The [Young] Rascals in '67 or'68. I thought
they were faboo, and I owned both of their albums (there might have been a
thrid one as well....). They might have been the only one of those bands
that I saw -- I do remember The Modern Lovers playing Sunday afternoons on
the Cambridge Common back in the early 70's.

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Michele Mange (Magne)
Date: 10 Dec 1999 19:04:02 +0100


    One of my favorite "exotic percussion" albums, with so so many odd
percussion and other strange sounds that it becomes hilarious, over the
top, like Spike Jones going exotic! From 1960.

        Johan


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Subject: (exotica) [obit] I Roy, Tynsi Lyons-Tariq
Date: 10 Dec 1999 13:05:27 -0500


http://elvispelvis.com/iroy.htm

Veteran deejay I Roy dead at 57 of heart failure
(American reggae singer also passes on)
BY BASIL WALTERS       JA Observer staff reporter

Old school deejay, I Roy, became the ninth Jamaican
entertainer to die this year. Last Saturday, the once
popular toaster took his final breath at the Spanish
Town Hospital after a long illness. He was 57.

Born Roy Samuel Reid, the veteran recording artiste
was, in the late 1960s, a leading exponent of what is
now known as "counter action" records ("tracing"
match).

One of the wittiest and perhaps the most intelligent of
the mike-chanters, I Roy will best be remembered for
his intense name-calling exchanges with rival deejay,
Prince Jazzbo.

However, in recent times, as was reported in a July
edition of our sister paper, ExcesS, the once
flambouyant entertainer virtually lived out the title of
his 1973 Gussie Clarke/Trojan album, Hell &
Sorrow.

In fact, his last days also epitomised the title of
another of his over two dozen albums, Crisis Time,
which he recorded for Caroline/Virgin in 1976.

Imagine sleeping on the streets of Spanish Town sick
and penniless with his only care-giver being a
mentally-challenged son. Add to that predicament, the
violent death of another son in the St Catherine
District Prison a mere four weeks ago, and what you
will get is a tale of woe.

Producer Gussie Clarke with whom I Roy enjoyed his
halcyon years, described I Roy's story as "tragic".
Clarke, for whom the crafty story-teller also recorded
Blackman Time, Tripe Girl and Magnificent
Seven, said: "For me he was too much of a
gentleman for the game he was in. And this perhaps,
in a way, led to his demise. (He was) One of the
proudest human beings who would never
compromise his principles."

And speaking from Miami, this is how veteran
producer, Harry Mudie remembered I Roy: "I was the
first producer for whom he recorded. His first tune
was Musical Pleasure, I would say he was one of
the more intelligent deejays that come out of
Jamaica. Very witty, he also recorded Drifter in
combination with Dennis Walks, Heart Don't Leap
and It May Sound Silly."

While I Roy was making his exit from this life, around
the same time in California, Tynsi Lyons-Tariq also
died, from cancer.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she was not as well known
as I Roy, but spent years here making a contribution
to Jamaica's music.

For 13 years, Tynsi, the name she is known by, had
been a regular back-up singer at studio sessions
providing harmony for numerous artistes.

She appeared with the Mutual Life Jazz Players, Jon
Williams and Friends. She also performed with Bunny
Wailer and Andrew Tosh; worked on recording
projects with Bunny Wailer, Black Uhuru, Mutabaruka,
Sly and Robbie and Julian Marley, among others.

She had to her credit the single Spread Selassie I
Teachings written by veteran percussionist Harry T
and the album, Do Unto Others. Also, Tynsi
combined her talent with deejay Natty Pablo on
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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Favorite Shows
Date: 10 Dec 1999 13:05:26 -0500


The shows I have enjoyed:

1. Shakti, w/ John McLaughlin.  (ca. 1976) His explorations into Indian
musics with L. Shankar produced three albums and a touring group.  Both are
incredible musicians.  The opening group was a mundane Country-Rock outfit
called Anna Hedda.  Feh.

2. The Unclaimed/Fishbone/Red Hot Chili Peppers. (ca 1985) ...and in that
order.  The audience hated the Unclaimed (I rather enjoyed their garage
band approach), loved Fishbone, who had just put out their first EP, stage
dove, jumped about and STILL managed to play in sync and the Red Hot Chili
Peppers had half the musicians of Fishbone, yet were louder.  I had to walk
out on the show (my brother was giving me a ride home), but in retrospect,
I realize that I may have seen the late Hillel Slovak with that line-up.

3.  Lionel Hampton (ca. 1974).  He started out on the drums, flipping his
sticks as he played, then he played the vibes most of the night.  He ended
on drums.  I don't remember too much else, but I am glad I can say I saw
one of the great legends of music live.

4. THE (1983).  A two-man performance ensemble that consists of Philip
Larson and Ed Harkins, a vocalist and Trumpet player and many interesting
props.  I cannot describe their performances.  Part recitation, part comedy
odd music.  Quite the experience.  If you happen to see them at UC San
Diego or on one of their rare tours, do go.   Not to be confused with The The.

5. Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham, Jay McShann (1985).  Another benefit of
going to UC San Diego was having a documentary about McShann filmed there
(I'm in it, too, I think.  I got to ask a question) and watching these
folks play with you about sixteen feet away.  Not exactly a concert, but
nice to have experienced!

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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Rick Danko
Date: 10 Dec 1999 13:34:57 -0500


    WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) -- Rick Danko, who went from Bob Dylan's
backup band to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a bassist and
singer with The Band, died this morning in his home.
    It was not immediately known what caused Danko's death, which
came a day after his 56th birthday. Ike Phillips, a friend and
general manager of Woodstock radio station WDST-FM, said Danko died
in his sleep.
    Original members of The Band -- Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson,
Robbie Robertson and the late Richard Manuel -- were inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
    Born into a musical family in Simcoe, Ontario, Danko quit school
at 14 to play in rock 'n' roll bands. At 17, he joined Ronnie
Hawkins and the Hawks, whose members included the musicians who
would later become The Band.
    The group spent the early 1960s touring the bar and club circuit
in Canada and the South. After splitting up with Hawkins in the
mid-60s, Danko and his bandmates played backup for Bob Dylan after
the folk musician unveiled his ``electric'' sound that launched the
folk rock era.
    During the Dylan years, Danko rented a pink house in West
Saugerties, near Woodstock. The group's debut album as The Band --
``Music From Big Pink'' -- was recorded there and became a hit after
its 1968 release.
    Vocals by Danko, Helm and Manuel contributed to The Band's
unique sound, and Danko sang on the group's signature songs such as
``The Weight,'' ``Up On Cripple Creek'' and ``The Night They Drove
Old Dixie Down.''
    The Band went on to play musical festivals including the
original Woodstock in Bethel in 1969.
    ``I remember landing -- I never flew in a helicopter before -- and
seeing 500,000 people sitting in the field,'' he told The
Associated Press this year.
    After The Band split up following its famous ``Last Waltz''
concert in 1976, Danko went on to a solo career. The Band stayed
retired until 1983, when all the original members except Robertson
began to tour again. Three years later, Manuel hanged himself in a
Winter Park, Fla., hotel room.
    In recent years Danko, Helm and Hudson reformed The Band at
various times. Their last recording was ``Jericho'' in 1993.
    Two years ago this week, Danko was found guilty of smuggling
heroin into Japan. He received a suspended sentence.
    Information on funeral arrangements was not immediately
available.
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Subject: (exotica) Top 10 Gigs
Date: 10 Dec 1999 11:12:15 -0800 (PST)


The Best:
At the Kinetic Playground, Formerly called the Electric Theater in the heart
of Chicago,  1969 Santana opens for Led Zepplin,  Led Zepplin comes on and
does most of the unreleased 2nd album for an encore!    There were chill out
rooms with peaceful music playing in them and this was 1969!  The main stage
was an octagon with light shows on each of the 8  walls,   Wow!

Next Week same venue The Kinks,  the Who and Joe Cocker

1967  The Bryds, not to be confused with the Byrds,  Chicago punk at its
best!  At a  highschool!

Bob Marley:   The Warhouse, near the projects, in an old old warehouse
section right next to the Mississippi river this was around 1975.

MC5, The Stooges and Alice Cooper again at the Warehouse (1970)  Actually
got to hold Iggy up with my friends.  I think the tickets were $3.50.  Alice
Cooper was at his height "18"  was number one.   MC5 were explsosive.  The
Stooges were the best!

Jack Bruce and Friends,  Mitch Mitchel on drums, Larry Coryell playing
slide with a beer can, again at the Warehouse.  1970

Kanda Bongo Man at the New Orleans jazz Fest 1988, in the pouring rain.
Ry Cooder New Orleans Jazz Fest 1992?   pouring rain for the whole concert.

Roy Orbison at some small club  in New Orleans and at the New Orleans azz
Fest.

Frank Zappa, 1968 at Ravinia near Chicago, my first concert not at high
school.

The Mighty Sparrow at Kilimanjaros in New Orleans.  Enjoyed drinking with
the guy and talking about music.  Still have his picture taken with me at the
jazz fest hanging on my wall.

Special mention to Fleetwood Mack (original band with 2 leads one on flying
 V)  The Flock, and the Grateful Dead on the opening night of the Warehouse.
Dead were  "busted" in New Orleans that night!

Went to see the "Exploding Plastic Inevitabel" show with the Velvet
Underground but go lost on the way.

Always wanted to see Bonzo Dog Band,  Kid Creole and those Velvets.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) booty-legs!
Date: 10 Dec 1999 11:01:15 -0800 (PST)


As a holiday gift to *me*....I got a nice vinyl
bootleg copy of Lalo Schifrin's ENTER THE DRAGON!  It
indeed smokes, to say the least...
But  I cannot adequately rest until I get a copy of
SPACE 1999(I mean, here it is almost 2000!  I'm so
behind.)
Anyone gonna boot that bad boy, or will Rhino handmake
one?
Yeeeshhh...Jane Fondle
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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Favorite Shows
Date: 10 Dec 1999 15:13:20 -0500


Betty Carter--Three times, and what an musician! The purest of music.

The Art Ensamble of Chicago--twice. Cemented my belief that avant-garde
jazz is best heard live.

World Saxophone Quartet and its members Hammiett Bluet or Oliver Lake in
solo performances. They marched on stage playing a fanfare, and it got
better after that. Bluett played his Hubcap-O-Phone--from a frame hangs
several hubcups that he bonged or pinged with mallets. Just saw Oliver Lake
solo this fall--he does performance poetry (perfpo) and plays horn and
flute. The man can make any sound come from his horn he wants to. If the
show comes to your town, go.

Steve Lacy in a chi-chi restaurant in Windsor, Ont--Great b/c his wife
didn't sing.

Ornette Coleman evangelizing for harmelodic music.

The Residents, Laurie Anderson, John Zorn (separately). Zorn played in a
small club, played some instruments he'd invented. I can still hear it.

King Sonny Aday (3x), Ebanezer Obey. King Sunny is especially great if
there's a big Nigerian community in your town. And try to see him in a club
rather than a stage show. People from the audience will leap onstage and
plaster cash on the King's sweating brow. He was standing in a 5-inch-high
pile of bills by the end of the show.

Abbey Lincoln, almost as fine as Betty Carter.

Prince, Luther Van Dross, Chakka Khan. Prince was astonishing--played "How
Come You Don't Call Me Anymore?" accompanying himself on guitar with his
left hand and on electric piano with his right. And Luther made me cry with
heartbreak ballads.

John McLaughnlin w/ Mahavishnu Orchestra and w/ Shakhti

Rockers: Nina Hagan, The Cramps, Panther Burns, X, Fripp/King
Crimson/League of Crafty Guitarists, The Beatles in 65 (my first concert
with lots of opportunities to scream, a great outlet for a young kid. BB
King and, I think, Jackie DeShannon warmed up), XTC, Iggy and the Stooges
in '69 (in a bar--got in on a fake ID--the show changed my life), Cocteau
Twins, The Gun Club, The Minutemen.

Phillip Glass in the early 80s, doing selections from Einstein on the Beach
and some of his songs. Only time I've heard a performer credit the sound
mixer to everyone's applause.

Willie Dixon in the Chicago club where he held court.

Caetano Veloso--Realized a dream when he played here this summer. An
enormously charismatic performer, a delightful show, and what music!

Ed Sanders, post Fugs, doing poetry. He played his Light-O-Lyre, an
instrument he invented, shaped like a Celtic Harp. The "strings" were thin
beams of light that sounded a tone whenever he'd break a beam. He also
played an electronic thing attached to his hand that sounded a chord when
he touched a thumb to his fingers. When I saw Ed read  a few years later,
he was still playing the hand instrument.  Other perfpos include the Four
Horsemen, dada-inspired choral poetry, Jayne Cortez with drummers, Allen
Ginsberg with and without band, with and without harmonium. And Michael
Ondaatje, whose velvety voice and quirky poetry and prose make me blissful.


Thanks for bringing this up, Mo. Lovin' this thread. Mimi




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Subject: (exotica) See the USA In Your ...
Date: 10 Dec 1999 16:45:19 -0500


Cathode Ray.

Here's an interesting site, reviewed by the Scout Report.
( http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ )
-Lou


Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers [Flash, QuickTime]
 http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/onTheRoad/home/index.shtml

 Produced for Kodak by Second Story Interactive,
 this site presents an amazing and ingenious
 project by engineer and amateur photographer Matt Frondorf. Frondorf
 spent six days driving across the country from New York City to San
 Francisco with a camera hooked to his car's odometer, automatically
 snapping a picture from the passenger side every mile along the way,
 totalling 3,304 photos. The result is an unpolished and captivating
 photographic tour of the nation, in which city melts into suburb,
 suburb into farmland, farmland to forests, mountains, deserts, and
 then back again. Users can experience Frondorf's trip via manual or
 cruise control. The first is an Flash picture viewer that allows
 users to cross the country mile by mile or every 25 or 100 miles,
 tracking their progress with an interactive, zoomable map. Visitors
 can click on any picture to see a larger version, and, if they like,
 send a postcard. The cruise control rendition of the trip is
 available in the form of four QuickTime movies offering pictures
 mile-by-mile in rapid sequence. Also included at the site is
 information on Frondorf and his project.



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Subject: (exotica) exotic job opportunities
Date: 10 Dec 1999 18:38:32 -0500


Maui *AND* Gorillas!!
Who could ask for better?!?

-Lou

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From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Favourite shows
Date: 10 Dec 1999 18:03:22 -0700


Ach well, here goes...

LEE HAZLEWOOD, London, June this year. Was amazed to be in the same room
with one of my gods. He was so LEE.

SUKIA, Manchester, May 1997. Trash art with sleaze overtones. FUN, FUN, FUN.
If only all bands had that energy.

JORGE BEN, London, July 1990. he's Brasilian. He's amazing. Being in a room
with a pop genius who has the energy and sex appeal of Brasil was something
truly fantastic. I shall never forget.

GILBERTO GIL, London, June 1990. He predated Jorge by a month, but it was my
first show from a Brasilian god. I've seen him two more times since, but the
first was the best.

DON CHERRY, Edinburgh, March 1992. I had seen him once before in London the
year before, but he was positively cosmic. Also blew away a man I was deeply
in love with at the time, and was extremely satisfying to know I touched his
musical passions as well as mine. Better than sex.

FRONT 242, Chicago, October 1987. "Official Version" tour. First acid trip.
Freaky fucking night, but one of the most intense and scary gigs I've ever
experienced. I was pretty frightened when it started, but sad when it was
over. It was like being in a war. But without the guns.

MY OTHER SELF, St. Louis, April 1989. Now defunct band featuring Lance Rock
and DJ Hypnotique of The Ray Makers in LA. This was such a fab gig and even
more fab when it is your mates, truly entertaining you with fun stage
presense and great sounds. Their gigs are still brilliant and worth the
price of admission.

JIMI TENOR, Glasgow, October 1994. the first time I saw Jimi play live an
impromptu performance in the basement of a bar. Just four songs, but I will
travel the world for Jimi as his live performances never fail me.  The man
knows how to give good show. His 1998 performance at Sonar, Barcelona on my
birthday was actually a much better gig...he entered on a white
stallion...but the first one made the biggest impression.



Oh, I can name drop lots of other cool gigs (I saw the Beasties in the cage
Licensed to Ill tour...Liberace at Radio City music Hall, NYC, 1984?... Tom
Jones pre-cool in St. Louis, mid 80s...Red Hot Chili Peppers, Columbia,
Missouri in 1987...Chris & Cosey, 1988, Columbia, Missouri..Primal Scream,
Screamadelica tour in Glasgow...Adam Ant, St. Louis, 1983),but mostly these
gigs are memorable because of who they are or the backstage antics. Not due
to any real impression made by the actual gig. The above mentioned ones with
details are ones that have really impressed me. Working in the music
industry also brings various fond memories of bands playing that I was
working for...like Chicks on Speed at Blow Up last month. Exciting stuff and
so pleased to be a part of it. But it isn't the same as going to the gig,
full of anticipation or none...just checking it out, and then being
completely blown away.

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Subject: (exotica) Favorite shows 2
Date: 10 Dec 1999 19:35:25 -0500


Dang me! How could I have forgotten Sun Ra & Archestra, 3x? After one show,
managed to get backstage where the Master preached to an adoring crowd
about playing the music of the spheres and the artistic superiority of
black musicians. He had a high old time, and so did his fans. Mimi




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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, December 12
Date: 10 Dec 1999 22:54:10 -0500


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome.

Space Bop #75    It's A Small World

Bruce Haack & Esther Nelson:  Way Out - Intro  "Listen Compute Rock
Home"
Main Street Electrical Parade:  Main Street Electrical Parade  "The
Official Album Of Disneyland/ Walt Disney World"
Bruce Haack & Esther Nelson:  Popcorn  "Listen Compute Rock Home"
Franco Godi:  Rossi Polka  "Signor Rossi"
Bruce Haack & Esther Nelson:  Squarefinger  "Listen Compute Rock Home"
The Enchanted Tiki Room:  The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room  "The Official Album
Of Disneyland/ Walt Disney World"

Maria Napoleon:  Mandalay Cow  "Algebra Spaghetti"
Maria Napoleon:  Viva La Muerte  "Simultaneous Ice Cream"
Monday Sinclair:  Jelly Jungle  "Algebra Spaghetti"
Lollipop Train:  Pussycat Balance  "Algebra Spaghetti"
Stupid Babies:  Baby Sitters  "Earcom 3"

Andre Popp:  Tintin et la Toison d'Or  "Tintin au cinema"
Andre Popp:  Babar  "La Tele des Tout P'tits"
Francois de Roubaix:  Pepin La Bulle  "La Tele des Tout P'tits"
Franco Godi:  W La Felicita  "Signor Rossi"

Dragibus:  Chers petits amis  "Papriko"
Mami Chan:  Velo  "Otonamopee"
Dragibus:  Simple Simon  "Papriko"
It's A Small World:  It's A Small World  "The Official Album Of
Disneyland/ Walt Disney World"


Thanks for reading.


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From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) space bop, haack/nelson
Date: 10 Dec 1999 23:11:18 -0500


cheryl,

glad you're playing haack/nelson. in the small print somewhere in the
back of the liner notes you'll see something like 'tape transfers by
citizen kafka.' also did a bit of restoration. quite a nightmare,
basically homemade tapes from the 60's, lots of technical problems. but
great fun, and well worth it to spread this wacky fun far and wide...

ck
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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Rick Danko
Date: 10 Dec 1999 23:43:58 -0500


At 01:34 PM 12/10/99 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>    WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) -- Rick Danko, who went from Bob Dylan's
>backup band to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a bassist and
>singer with The Band, died this morning in his home.

As soon as I saw the name with Lou's address, my heart sunk.  Shit.  This
is sad.
I saw the Band a bunch of times and "Music from Big Pink" was a big record
for me.  But Rick Danko was also kind of a patron saint for the local music
scene here and he's someone you'd see around.
For some reason, I sort of related to him.  I had also related to Richard
Manuel as a tragic figure and a beautiful soul.
Danko was a bit tragic too but also a bit more "of this world" than Manuel,
more "happy-go-lucky" and in some ways less like someone who could have
been my friend.
A bit of a lovable drunk.
And there was something about the way he sung.  Not angelic and
otherworldly like Manuel but still clearly very emotional in its own way.
It's been a long time since I listened to the Band or to music like that
but I still think they were an amazing band, not just for the music but
also for the way their individual personalities were so evident.  They were
like a movie about this strange, beautiful, crazy, dysfunctional family.
And Danko was the mischievous kid who always got in trouble and was always
forgiven.
R.I.P.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Tiki Lecture Dec 12
Date: 10 Dec 1999 23:41:19 EST



Edgar Leeteg Tribute/Group Art Show

Curated by John Turner and Greg Escalante

Presented by Copro/Nason Fine Art - Sponsored by Barracuda


The show runs December 4th, 1999 through February 28th, 2000

Sunday December 12th, 1999 2-5 PM -- Curator's lecture and book signing for

two new books: "Leeteg Of Tahiti: Paintings From Villa Velour" and "Taboo:

The Art Of Tiki"



The Leeteg Tribute - Group Art Show marks the Grand Opening of the

Copro/Nason Gallery in Culver City, CA. This exhibition pays homage to

Edgar William Leeteg the father of modern painting on velvet, featured as

Barracuda's Real-Man Revisited in issue #6.


Known as the "American Gauguin", Leeteg created close to 1700 works on

velveteen while living in Tahiti. In 1953, Leeteg was thrown from the back

of a speeding Harley Davidson and met an untimely demise at the age of 49.

The Leeteg Tribute celebrates the on-going legacy of Leeteg and will be

curated by John Turner and Greg Escalante - authors of the book Leeteg of

Tahiti, Paintings from the Villa Velour, published by Last Gasp of San

Francisco.


In addition to having original velvet paintings by Leeteg, this exhibition

will feature contemporary Leeteg inspired works by over fifty of

California's "native" Tiki edged artists. In this exhibition, the

underground meets the studio as "lowbrow" greats like Shag, Von Franco and

Frank Kozik rub elbows with the likes of Guggenheim fellow Sandow Birk,

Mark Ryden and the honorable C.R. Stecyk III. Additionally, the show will

feature our newest discovery - 83 year-old Eric Askew, who still paints in

the style Leeteg personally taught him in Tahiti.


Take advantage of this rare opportunity to see (and maybe even buy!) the

works of Leeteg at the venerable Copro/Nason Gallery.


Edgar Leeteg Tribute - Group Art Show

Copro/Nason Fine Art

11265 Washington Blvd.,

Culver City, CA 90230

Ph: 310/398-2643

Fx: 310/398-7643


All of this info, including the show invitation designed by Shag, is

available from barracuda's events page at:


http://www.barracudamagazine.com/events.htm


Artists in the Leeteg Tribute:

Adam Cruz

Al Evans

Al Q

Angel of Death Miranda

Anthony Ausgang

Art C. Katz

Art Garcia

Automatic Slim

Bamboo Ben

Blanca Apodaca

C.R. Stecyk III

Charles Schneider

Craig Fraser

Dan Collins

Dave Burke

Dorthy

Eric Askew

Eric Hermann

Gordy Grundy

Gregg Gibbs

Jamie Burton

Jeff Fox

Jimmy Cleveland

Kevin Ancell

Larry Reid

Leroy Schmaltz

Liz McGrath

Lynn Coleman

Mark Beam

Mang Lee

Marco Almera

Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Ryden

Mear

Michael Alzaga

Michael Farr

Mike Salisbury

Peter Alexander

R.K. Sloane

Richard Holland

Robert Williams

Sandow Birk

Shag

The Pizz

Trader Van

Von Franco

W. Kelley Lucas

William T. Robison

Zan Dubin


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Political spam
Date: 11 Dec 1999 03:29:41 EST


I don't normally perpetuate this junk email stuff but this seems interesting



How important is education to you? Look at this list, then read the bottom
statement, and think about it when you vote, more importantly, pass it on:

A list of Colleges close to closing due to financial problems:

14 BLACK COLLEGES TO CLOSE DOWN in 2000:

>  Here is the list:
>  1. Allen Univ.. (Columbia, SC)
>  2. Arkansas Baptist College (Little Rock, AK)
>  3. Barber-Scotia College (Concord, NC)
>  4. Central State Univ.. (Wilberforce, OH)
>  5. Houston-Tillotson College (Austin, TX)
>  6. Jarvis Christian College (Hawkins, TX)
>  7. Lane College (Jackson, TN)
>  8. Mary Holmes College (West Point, MS)
>  9. Miles College (Birmingham, AL)
>  10. Paul Quinn College (Dallas, TX)
>  11. Southwestern Christian College (Terrell, TX)
>  12. Texas College (Tyler, TX)
>  13. Texas Southern Univ.. (Houston, TX)
>  14. Wiley College (Marshall, TX)

SEVEN of these colleges are in TEXAS.
Think about that when while BUSH is up for the presidental election.
Please forward to all you know who care about our country and educational
opportunities for everyone.
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From: Jan Fornell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Favourite shows
Date: 11 Dec 1999 18:00:35 +0900


A list of memorable gigs would have to include the following:

Genesis
(Copenhagen, 1975; the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour)

Henry Cow
(Lund, 1977? The first time I ever saw anybody play the bassoon through
a wah wah pedal.)

Scritti Politti & The Red Crayola
(Double bill in London, 1979)

TT Reuter
(Many times 1979-1982. Brilliant Swedish new wave band live, their
records were never really up to scratch.)

This Heat
(Lund, 1980. A friend and I arranged the gig, and our own band made its
debut as the support act!)

Byakkousha
(Tokyo, 1987. Not so much a concert as some kind of art performance with
music constantly playing at a very loud volume. The absolutely most
bizarre thing I have ever seen, hands down. Whereas most performance art
involves strange people doing (not so) strange things, I'm not sure
these were people. It was more like watching a religious ceremony among
aliens.)

Metrofarce
(Tokyo, 1984~. A Japanese cult group that I've also seen many times. In
particular I remember a gig where after a 2-hour set, they had to play 7
encores! They are still around, but not as interesting since their
monstruous bass player, Vagabond Suzuki (who also played on the
Watermelon records, for the ubiquitous Exotica connection) left.
Erstwhile cult, now fogies, as it were.)

Caetano Veloso
(Tokyo, 1989 and then again twice in 1997. One of my two gods, the other
being Franco Battiato of Italy, whom unfortunately I've never been able
to see (yet).)

Martin Denny
(Tokyo, 1990)

And recently?
Habib Koite
(Tokyo, 1999. Great singer/songwriter from Mali.)

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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Favourite shows
Date: 11 Dec 1999 12:50:18 +0100


Jill Mingo wrote:

> ...,but mostly these
> gigs are memorable because of who they are or the backstage antics. Not due
> to any real impression made by the actual gig. The above mentioned ones with
> details are ones that have really impressed me.

Exactely, same with my gig-charts. Plus often the bands I liked on stage aren't
the ones I buy records from at all. And vice versa, some of the bands I love
from their records, didn't impress me much on stage in terms of "memorable".
I'm afraid this goes even for some Kraftwerk gigs I saw. A good show is much
more than just the music. And I can only congratulate bands who can do on stage
something significantly different than what they do on their records, even if
they disappoint their devoted fans, who do not "recognize" their favorite hits.

Sometimes however even the hardest efforts to do a stage show with costumes and
lights and a story behind the music et al can fail: like all the gigs of the
Residents I saw since 1980 kind of really left me cold. During the last one
this year I thought: Why don't they just play their best songs like any
ordinary band? Eyeballs and tuxeedos, all very well, but why this complicated
and ineffective show brimborium? The coolest parts were when the eyeball band
just played an instrumental between rounds of those horrible voices and
blacklite carnival costumes.

A similar difference there is between DJing and listening to music at home or
in the car. Songs I liked to listen to at home, didn't work in the club at all.
So in the mean time I learned to take care for and respect the rules of public
places.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Favorite Shows
Date: 11 Dec 1999 12:50:34 +0100




Brian Phillips wrote:

> The shows I have enjoyed:
>
> 1. Shakti, w/ John McLaughlin.  (ca. 1976) His explorations into Indian
> musics with L. Shankar produced three albums and a touring group.

L. Shankar? Lavi? Daliah Lavi?

Mo



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From: "Kristjan Saag" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) My Top Show
Date: 11 Dec 1999 15:17:34 +0100


Brian Phillips cited and wrote (Dec 9):
=20
>>1964 - Sounds Incorporated, Wimbledon Palais-de-Danse (very good)
>>        Britain's best rock and roll instrumental combo of that era..
>>        are they 'known' in the USA????
----
>Only for their version of "Cast Your Face to the Wind"(intended typo).  =
I=20
>also saw them in "Go Go Mania".  Quite the lively crew!
>Brian Phillips
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Not just a typo - wrong band! "Cast your fate to the wind" was recorded =
by Sounds Orchestral.
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From: "Kristjan Saag" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Top 10 gigs
Date: 11 Dec 1999 15:46:58 +0100


 What is Flock? Byrds? Jefferson Airplane? Led Zeppelin? Some kind of  =
UFO:s? I thought this was the exotica-list. Here's my favourite top 10:
1) Andre Kostelanetz at the Savoy Hotel (London 1948)
2) Victor Silvester at  Cafe de Paris, Paris (1951)
3) Xavier Cugat at the New Coconut Grove (London 1954)
4) Mantovani at the Grand Hotell (Stockholm 1958)
5) Hugo Winterhalter at Tivoli, Copenhagen (1955)
6) Frank Pourcell and Francis Lai at the Odeon, Paris (1967)
7) Phil Spitany and his All-Girl Orchestra at the Balboa Ballroom, =
Hollywood (1943)
8) Helmut Zacharias at the Europa Hotel, Berlin (1952)
9) George Melachrino - without Strings(!) - at the Grosvenor House =
Hotel, London (1949)
10) Les Baxter, Les Paul, Les Reed, Les Brown and Les Elgart at the =
Leicester Casino (1957 or 1958).
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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, December 12
Date: 11 Dec 1999 17:39:20 +0100


cheryl wrote:

> Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder,
> Andre Popp:  Tintin et la Toison d'Or  "Tintin au cinema"

Ah, that's a nice one. I don't think this CD was mentioned before on this list.
It's well worth listening to. Not the wild 'Delirium in hi-fi' type of Popp
music, but still very nice. Comes in nice packaging too.

Marco

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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, December 12
Date: 11 Dec 1999 12:18:38 -0500


I don't think we've played in on Space Bop before, although we've had
the disc for close to a year now!  It's one of those discs that really
grows on you!

Marco \\Kallie\\ Kalnenek wrote:

> > Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder,
> > Andre Popp:  Tintin et la Toison d'Or  "Tintin au cinema"
>
> Ah, that's a nice one. I don't think this CD was mentioned before on this list.
> It's well worth listening to. Not the wild 'Delirium in hi-fi' type of Popp
> music, but still very nice. Comes in nice packaging too.

cheryl


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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: space bop, haack/nelson
Date: 11 Dec 1999 12:22:37 -0500


Citizen Kafka wrote:

> glad you're playing haack/nelson. in the small print somewhere in the
> back of the liner notes you'll see something like 'tape transfers by
> citizen kafka.' also did a bit of restoration. quite a nightmare,
> basically homemade tapes from the 60's, lots of technical problems. but
> great fun, and well worth it to spread this wacky fun far and wide...
>

I didn't notice that before, but I checked, and it's there!  Thanks on
behalf of all Haack lovers out there!

cheryl


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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Top 10 gigs
Date: 11 Dec 1999 18:34:12 +0100


Kristjan Saag wrote:

>  What is Flock? Byrds? Jefferson Airplane? Led Zeppelin? Some kind of  UFO:s? I thought this was the exotica-list. Here's my favourite top 10:
> 1) Andre Kostelanetz at the Savoy Hotel (London 1948)
> 2) Victor Silvester at  Cafe de Paris, Paris (1951)
> 3) Xavier Cugat at the New Coconut Grove (London 1954)
> 4) Mantovani at the Grand Hotell (Stockholm 1958)
> 5) Hugo Winterhalter at Tivoli, Copenhagen (1955)
> 6) Frank Pourcell and Francis Lai at the Odeon, Paris (1967)
> 7) Phil Spitany and his All-Girl Orchestra at the Balboa Ballroom, Hollywood (1943)
> 8) Helmut Zacharias at the Europa Hotel, Berlin (1952)
> 9) George Melachrino - without Strings(!) - at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London (1949)
> 10) Les Baxter, Les Paul, Les Reed, Les Brown and Les Elgart at the Leicester Casino (1957 or 1958).

 Are you saying you have personally seen all these gigs? How old are you?

Mo



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From: Sem Sinatra <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Nicola Conte - Bossa per Due - last time
Date: 11 Dec 1999 10:55:33 +0000


If anyone can mp3 Nicola Conte=Bossa Per Due for me during the next few
days, i'd be eternally grateful ... i'm dj-ing at the Gainsbourg Film
Studios (where they filmed many Hitchcocks) and I'd love to be able to
share it with all present there ... it's out of stock at Dusty Groove and
there's not a copy to be had in London town ...

here's hoping


friendly

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From: "carlos icaza" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) from mexico....
Date: 10 Dec 1999 22:06:12 PST


E S Q U I V E L  F O R  S A L E !

12=94 MEXICAN EDITIONS:
Las tandas de Juan Garcia Esquivel 1957 rca mkl2001 (mono)
Amar de nuevo 1957 rca lpm1345
Infinity in sound 1961 rca lsp2296
Latin-esque 1962 rca lsa2418
Esquivel 68! 1968 rca mks1777 (signed by esquivel)
Nuevos exitos 1969 (combination of genius of esquivel and esquivel 68)=20
cams394
Solo para bailar 1980 (reissue of las tandas de juan garcia esquivel minu=
s 2=20
tracks) otr36 (closed!)
Juan Garcia Esquivel y su Orquesta Sonorama 1982 (reissue of to love agai=
n=20
minus 2 tracks) otr70
Burbujas 1978 discos america.
Odisea burbujas 1979 discos america.
Burbujas: vamos al circo 1981 discos america
15 exitos internacionales de juan garcia esquivel 1986 rca

7=94 MEXICAN EDITIONS:
Besame mucho +vereda tropical (1957) rca mke89

ALL IN VERY GOOD STATE.

I ALSO HAVE STRANGE EDITIONS OF MEXICAN ROCK AND ROLL BANDS, MOOG=20
SINTHESIZER, EXOTICA (MARTIN DENNY, ARTHUR LYMAN, LES BAXTER, FERRANTE AN=
D=20
TEICHER, BONGO BURGER, ETC...)
MEXICAN VINYL EDITIONS OF CLASSIC ROCK ALBUMS, BEATLES, STONES,
STOCKHAUSEN, JOHN CAGE, SURF MEXICAN BANDS, VENTURES, SUN RA,
I CAN FIND YOU THE MEXICAN EDITION OF THE DISK YOU=B4RE LOOKING FOR!

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From: kendoll <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Top 10 gigs
Date: 11 Dec 1999 12:33:02 -0700


Kristjan Saag wrote:

> 10) Les Baxter, Les Paul, Les Reed, Les Brown and Les Elgart at the Leicester Casino (1957 or 1958).

Was this the legendary "Les is More" tour?


Mike


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Date: 11 Dec 1999 14:43:50 EST



In a message dated 12/11/99 2:32:05 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Was this the legendary "Les is More" tour?

I've always heard it described as "The More I See you, The Les I Want You"
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From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) 10 Fave Gigs....
Date: 12 Dec 1999 09:33:38 +1100


Hmmmm....not in any particular order:

Yma Sumac at The Ballroom, NYC 1989.  Her voice in fantastic form, crooned
and shrieked thru all her classics.  Autographed my poster and 3 CD's in the
dressing room post performance.

Silver Apples at Carnegie Mellon University, 1998.  I hadn't heard Simeon's
stuff before I went to see this, but knew plenty about it from print.  Very
wild and freaky, and surprisingly contemporary sounding.

Steve Reich (separate concerts)  Music for 18 Musicians (2x), Different
Trains, The Desert Music, Drumming, The Four Sections (at the Guggenheim),
(The Cave doesn't count--it stunk)

Stereolab, 8 times 1993-1998.  The first time I saw them was in an intimate,
almost totally acoustic(!) set-up, but the first time I saw them in full
force ('94, NYC) it was a cathartic experience.

Tom Waits, live on Broadway, 1990.  Frank's Wild Years tour.  Whoa.

Bill Frisell at St. Ann's, Brooklyn, twice.  Scoring Buster Keaton films
live in front of a huge screen.  Spine-tingling.

Robin Holcomb, solo at Roulette, NYC.  My favorite female singer, bar none!
If you haven't heard her, run.

Robert Wilson/Tom Waits/William S. Burroughs: The Black Rider, and
Alice...Brooklyn Academy of Music.  Fantastic and transporting visuals,
truly creepy and funny simultaneously.

Soul Coughing, 1995, Port Chester, NY.  Before their eruption into the Big
Time, a fantastic gig swirling with invention.  Booty was rocked.

Jean Luc Ponty NYC 1977...had to include this, my high school fave. Guy next
to me clapped so hard at the encore his hands were bloody.  Tends to stick
in your mind more than his fuzak.

That's off the top` o'my head...list subject to change without notice!

Ciao,

Keith

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) 10 Fave Gigs....
Date: 11 Dec 1999 19:31:55 -0500


Here are my faves in chronological order

- Stray Cats - August 1982 ;  Boulder Theatre
    I had never purchased concert tickets in advance before I bought tickets for
this show and the Clash (who performed 2 days later)  Great show - 2 months
later they were all over MTV and the charts

- Buckwheat Zydeco; July 27, 1986;   Twist and Shout Club
   I never danced as much or hard as this night.  Perhaps 50 people total in the
crowd that night at D.C.'s sorely missed club.

- Sun Ra;  May 1989;    9:30 Club (the old one)
   Had never heard their music.   Was very confused by the intial chaotic
saxophone squawking, but was entranced by the end of the first set.

- Nine Inch Nails (opening) / Jesus and Mary Chain   March 1990;   Lisner
Auditorium
   discovered the thrills that feedback could provide.  Noone knew who Trent was
back then.

- Social Distortion / Sonic Youth / NeilYoung   February 1991;   Capital Center
    This show was held in DC the day the final ceasefire was announced for the
Desert Storm - Iraq war.  Young started with a Hendrixian feedback-laden version
of 'Star Spangled Banner', later did the same for 'Blowin in the Wind', and
continued providing feedback all night long.  I think this was the tour where
Young lost some of his hearing.

Santana / Bob Dylan   Sept 1993;   Wolftrap Ampitheatre
     The year I really started listening to Dylan.  everyone said to prepare for
a sucky concert ... instead he was in top form

Loreena Mckennitt; November; 1994  (someplace in Baltimore)
     In my mind, the best all around concert I've ever experienced.

Johnny Cash:  May 1996;  9:30 Club (new one)
     Finally got to see this legend, and he didn't disappoint at all

Donovan:  June 6-8, 1997;   Omega Institute
     This was a course that Donovan taught called 'Music and the Myth'  Donovan
played movie video clips, excerpts from various CDs, lectured, told tales, and
played his guitar over a 3 day period.  It was like being his living room as he
shared his memorable 'show and tell' life memories with the 30 or so class
participants.

Bauhaus:  September 1998;  9:30 Club
      the reunion tour.  I had seen Love and Rockets perform several times, but
this one was so much better

Plastic People of the Universe; Feb 1999;  Black Cat Club
     nice to know that my best concert attending days haven't passed me by yet.
I wonder what the next century will bring?

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From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Project: Pimento
Date: 11 Dec 1999 17:20:05 -0800 (PST)



Oh, yeah, that's GREAT!
Check it out at http://come.to/projectpimento/

Killer tracks fronted by a theremin and backed by a
groovy band.  Desafinado, Music to Watch Girls By,
Moon River and You Only Live Twice.

Anyone know anything about this band?  Do they have a
disc?

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 10 Fave Gigs....
Date: 11 Dec 1999 22:55:35 -0500


At 07:31 PM 12/11/99 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>Here are my faves in chronological order
>
>Loreena Mckennitt; November; 1994  (someplace in Baltimore)
>     In my mind, the best all around concert I've ever experienced.

Was Hugh Marsh with her then?  Bald, bespectacled violin player?  We don't
share the same taste for Ms. McKennitt but it would still be nice to find
out that someone I know contributed to the best concert you've ever
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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Nicola Conte - Bossa per Due - last time
Date: 11 Dec 1999 23:21:06 -0500


"Bossa Per Due" can also be found on the latest Thievery Corporation
compilation, called "Eighteenth Street Lounge Soundtracks/Jet Society"
(ESL027).  I believe the compilation's been out in North America about a
month - CDNow has it in stock (although that probably won't help you in
time).

ciao,

cheryl

Sem Sinatra wrote:
>
> If anyone can mp3 Nicola Conte=Bossa Per Due for me during the next few
> days, i'd be eternally grateful ... i'm dj-ing at the Gainsbourg Film
> Studios (where they filmed many Hitchcocks) and I'd love to be able to
> share it with all present there ... it's out of stock at Dusty Groove and
> there's not a copy to be had in London town ...


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Top 10 gigs
Date: 12 Dec 1999 03:41:59 -0500



>> 10) Les Baxter, Les Paul, Les Reed, Les Brown and Les Elgart at the
>>Leicester Casino (1957 or 1958).
>
>Was this the legendary "Les is More" tour?


    I thought it was the "Les Be-In" Tour!

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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) a seedy burning question
Date: 12 Dec 1999 04:40:36 -0500


hi everybody...
i am anxiously awaiting my new dual CD burner and i am question about future
"mastering" of EXOTICA records (had to get that in there)....
i use a mac based system and...
ok, so the question is to the 3 of you left...
is there some sort of software that takes the clicks and pops from a
"recorded" record or at least minimizes them???

please say yes!

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From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Releases (Les Reed, Morricone, Kraftwerk)
Date: 12 Dec 1999 11:10:19 +0100


New in at Forced Exposure ( http://www.forcedexposure.com ) this week
.

_____________________________________________
RPM (UK):

REED, LES: Girl On A Motorcycle CD (RPM 171). "The original
soundtrack recording for this 1968 cult movie (directed by Jack
Cardiff) starring Marianne Faithfull and Alain Delon. An enigmatic
and brilliant score with groovy Hammond, incidental ambient noises,
strong beats, and generous helpings of roaring motorcycle engines."
$15.00

REED, LES: Girl On A Motorcycle LP (RED 108 LP). LP version of
the CD  found on the RPM label. "Gatefold sleeve and 180 gram vinyl,
plus a free poster included."  $15.00

_____________________________________________
DAGORED (ITALY):

MORRICONE, ENNIO: Morricone 2000 CD (RED 105 CD). "Great
compilation with 16 tracks culled from eight different original soundtracks
from the past. Track listing and liner notes by Alan Bishop of the Sun
City Girls." "This collection is a veiw from the top of the food
chain; 16 boxcars of luminosity from an archival train that could
span this earth. Culled from 8 original soundtracks in the Beat
Records catalog, some of these cuts are impossible to describe. What
kind of music is 'Una Corsa Disperata'...high drama orchestral
psychedelia? How about 'Veni Sancte Spiritus'...an acid rock opera in
Vatican City? And how could the sweet-syrup majesty of the theme to
'Il Grande Silenzio' possibly accompany a murderous Klaus Kinski on
the screen during Sergio Corbucci's epic spaghetti western, the only
one filmed in three feet of snow?" -- Alan Bishop.  $15.00

MORRICONE, ENNIO: Morricone 2000 LP (RED 105 LP). "180 gram
vinyl, and comes in a gatefold sleeve."  $15.00

______________________________________________________
KLING KLANG/EMI (GERMANY):

KRAFTWERK: Expo 2000 CD (EMI 8879842). "Title track of Expo 2000
live in Hannover." First new material in 13 years, a 23-minute EP with
four mixes of the title track. CD is packaged in a nice 3CD jewel
case sleeve, limited to 50,000 copis!. Tracklisting: 1 Expo2000 Kling
Klang Mix 2000 2 Expo2000 Kling Klang Mix 2001 3 Expo2000 Kling
Klang Mix 2002 4 Expo2000 radio Mix  $11.00

KRAFTWERK: Expo 2000 12" (EMI 8879846).  $11.00





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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Good morning, good shows, bad memory
Date: 12 Dec 1999 13:43:32 +0100


* The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain,

    in Brussels, somewhere halfway the 1980's.  they featured a
clownesque beeeeeeeeeg bass-uke! i bought their "The Ukelele Variations" LP
at that concert, and up to now, that is the only album of this group i've
ever found.

* Disneyland After Dark,

    also somewhere halfway the 1980's at the "Futurama" festival in
Deinze (yes, that's in Belgium too). they were nuts, much more fun than on
record, with a stage that looked like the saloon in a cowboy movie.

    irrelevant namedropping: concerts that i remember, and therefore
must have made a good impression:  Jesus & Marychain, Echo & The Bunnymen,
Siouxsie and The Banshees, Triffids, Chills, Barclay James Harvest, Simple
Minds, Sky, Danielle Dax, Nomads,  Nick Cave (he even _smiled_ at the end
of his gig!), Sisters Of mercy, Wim Mertens, Pebbles.

    all those concert lists are slightly irrelevant, but do point to
something essential i think: most of us have always had an eclectical
musical interest, even before discovering "exotica". it seems that we're
all "musical explorers", with a wide musical taste.


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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Burning CD-Rs: Overview of CD labeling kits
Date: 11 Dec 1999 19:42:55 +0100


    can someone who download this specific page, forward it to me please?
    thanx,

        Johan

        -----


Mimi wrote:

>Overview of CD labeling kits:
>http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/circuits/articles/09cove.html





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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) off-topic: mac: find coupons easy
Date: 12 Dec 1999 14:28:22 +0100


just use sherlock's internet search, and within seconds you'll have a list
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From: "moritzR.de" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Good morning, good shows, bad memory
Date: 12 Dec 1999 16:42:58 +0100


Johan Dada Vis wrote:

>         all those concert lists are slightly irrelevant, but do point to
> something essential i think: most of us have always had an eclectical
> musical interest, even before discovering "exotica". it seems that we're
> all "musical explorers", with a wide musical taste.

Yes, we are - and that's not irrelevant.

BTW: Spent some time in ANOTHER list last week and it was terrible! Such low
niveau and unpolite participants, calling each others idiots et al. Long live
the Exotica Mailing List!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) 10 Fave Gigs....
Date: 12 Dec 1999 16:43:13 +0100


Keith E. Lo Bue wrote:

> Tom Waits, live on Broadway, 1990.  Frank's Wild Years tour.  Whoa.

Was that the one with an entirely black stage and Tom Waits had an umrella
under glitter rain at one point? I saw that in Hamburg, almost forgot. That
would be Number 19 in my list.

> Robert Wilson/Tom Waits/William S. Burroughs: The Black Rider, and
> Alice...Brooklyn Academy of Music.  Fantastic and transporting visuals,
> truly creepy and funny simultaneously.

I missed that although it played in Hamburg at the time I lived there.

Mo



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Subject: Re: (exotica) a seedy burning question
Date: 12 Dec 1999 13:09:27 EST


<< is there some sort of software that takes the clicks and pops from a
 "recorded" record or at least minimizes them?? >>

Yes  Bumpy.

Lots of different kinds for PC's and I imagine Macs too.  All those URL's
that Mimi posted will surely lead you to more info.

Be prepared for a learning curve and a time consuming process.  There are an
infinite number of settings that take some experimenting with to get the
result you want.  Different records respond differently to these settings
too.  Aggressive treatment can distort the source material and leave
unpleasant artifacts.  Watch those percussive records!  If you have a file
with large amounts of cymbal hits, snare drums, etc, the software can confuse
them with pops and clicks.

Once you are happy with the settings, a single LP can take as long as 30
minutes to process each treatment.  If you run a declicker first, then a
denoiser, we are already up to an hour, depending on your machine of course.

All this work DOES pay off and the results can be very, very good.

I've also found that all this great software can lead to ENDLESS tweaking and
experimentation, but that just may be my own obsessive, compulsive hang up.
Just so you know...







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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Project: Pimento
Date: 12 Dec 1999 12:25:10 -0000


Peter Risser wrote:

> Anyone know anything about this band?  Do they have a
> disc?

The thereminist calls himself "Robby Virus" and he has another
band The Giraffe Had a Voice who have a CD out which you'll find
at http://www.amazon.com/ but this is a very different style to
Project: Pimento.

If you want to get in touch with Mr Virus and tell him to get those
Project Pimento tracks out on CD, his address is:

[e-mail]

He hangs out on the theremin mailing list.


Robbie


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From: "Robert McKenna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) top shows
Date: 12 Dec 1999 12:36:06 PST


don't know about a lifelong top ten, but this year my favourite shows were

ivo papasov and his bulgarian wedding band, in a small club, blistering
syncopated set of virtuoso playing. mighty.

rizuam muazzam (sp) qhawwalli group, playing in the national concert hall
dublin. nusrat's nephews, younger, more supple voice than the recordings of
nusrat i know. intense.

calexico, in a theatre in kilkenny with a crowd there to see some mor
country singer, totally fried at the end of a european tour, they were
ragged and stunning.

a performance of a fugue by luttkolawski, the notes were written but not the
durations. surprisingly accessible to the largely middle aged crowd.

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From: "Robert McKenna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) more niccola conte
Date: 12 Dec 1999 12:39:08 PST


more from the man of the moment, still haven't got bossa per due, but i
bought a 12" and 7" form the man, damn, forgot the name of the aside, but
it's the bside that rocks, il planeta x, big chunky meats, vibes, jazz,
sitars and tabla. rocks booty and shall be doing so on discerning
dancefloors in dublin in the new year.

also bought a double album of japanese euro bossa, called 'jazz' by bossa
tres. quite mixed, but some lovely stuff on it.

all the best
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Subject: (exotica) Fiji pop 1999 (Real Audio Radio)
Date: 12 Dec 1999 23:37:31 +0100


http://www.fijivillage.com/radio/viti.htm

interesting radio charts... Like  "E Vahine Maohi E" by Fenua.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Shirley Hemphill,Elizabeth Zimmermann
Date: 13 Dec 1999 10:06:54 -0500


                         *Shirley Hemphill
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shirley Hemphill, who played a wisecracking
waitress on the 1970s sitcom ``What's Happening!!'' was found dead
Friday in her home. She was 52.
    Gardeners called authorities Friday morning after they looked
through a window and saw her face down on the bedroom floor, said
Scott Gilmore, a West Covina Fire Department paramedic.
    Paramedics forced their way through the garage door and
pronounced her dead at the scene. It was not known how long she had
been there, and the gardeners said they last saw her on Dec. 3,
Gilmore said.
    ``We are handling the death as a natural death,'' said Lt. Dan
Aikin of the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
    Ms. Hemphill played waitress Shirley Wilson on ``What's
Happening!!'' The comedy, which ran from 1976-79, centered on three
high school students who hung out together.
    She also appeared on the series ``One in a Million'' in 1980,
followed by a remake of the 1970s show called ``What's Happening
Now!,'' which ran from 1985-88.
    Ms. Hemphill apparently lived alone at her home in West Covina,
about 30 miles east of Los Angeles.

 *Elizabeth Zimmermann
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Elizabeth Zimmermann, whose best-known gift to
knitting was a mathematical formula for figuring the proportions of
sweaters and other garments, died Nov. 30 at a hospital in
Marshfield, Wis., where she lived. She was 89.
    Born near Devon, England, Zimmermann learned knitting from her
mother. She eventually sold sweaters of her own design to a shop
for pocket money when she attended art schools in Europe.
    She married, moved to New York and eventually settled in
Wisconsin.
    Zimmermann submitted her designs for Norwegian-pattern sweaters
to Woman's Day magazine in 1955. Other magazines also accepted her
designs, and in 1959, she started her own knitting publication.
    She eventually published a newsletter and a mail-order business
for knitting supplies, books and video productions under the name
Schoolhouse Press. Her books include ``Knitting Around,''
``Knitting without Tears,'' ``Knitter's Almanac.'' and ``Knitting
Workshop.''
    Zimmermann was the host of a knitting program on many public
television stations and in 1974, she began a knitting camp under
the auspices of the University of Wisconsin. The camp has continued
every summer since.

NEW YORK (AP) - The CBS series ``Cosby'' is paying tribute to the late actress Madeline
Kahn with a show devoted to clips of her work and remembrances from the cast.

There will be taped segments in which the show's stars, Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad,
speak about working with Ms. Kahn, along with highlights of her work on the series. The
episode, titled ``Loving Madeline,'' is scheduled to air Dec. 29 at 8 p.m.

Ms. Kahn, who died of ovarian cancer Dec. 3, played a neighbor and friend who owned a
coffee shop with Ms. Rashad's character. Her last original episode will air Dec. 22.
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From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Stop and Shop....for Xmas Music!
Date: 13 Dec 1999 06:51:06 -0800 (PST)


Just like the 6ts and 7ts, my local grocery store STOP
AND SHOP is carrying holiday music on CD and
cassette...They have titles I already own, like the
Beach Boys and Elvis Xmas albums....but for Bompers, I
picke up the surprisingly really fab PAUL REVERE AND
THE RAIDERS featuring Mark Lindsey and what appears to
be a Salvation Army brass band(!)...It is pretty
groovy in a post psyche-faux Monkees(while we are on
them) kinda way...Recommended!  But you cats probably
know that already, eh?
And for us geezers on Exotica...I got a reissue
ca-sette of either a Jack Jones Xmas rekkid or at
least a best-of from his Kapp era!  Some shmaltz, but
a heap of swing and swaggah too!
Spending CHRISTMAS WITH THE DEVIL(spinal tap!)
Jane Fondle...


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Spinning On Line
Date: 13 Dec 1999 10:57:22 -0500


So, we all know that WFMU rules, both on air and on line ( http://wfmu.org ),
but I think even 'FMU partisans (like myself) have to admit that one of the best shows broadcast in the New York City area is David Garland's Spinning On Air.
Garland has a great home page at http://3garlands.com , and even better, he now has several of his SOA shows archived in realaudio.
-Lou
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http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/SOAaudioarchive.html
     Hawaiian War Chant Extravaganza
     Industrial Shows (with guest Steve Young!)
     Psychedelic Soundtracks
     Flying Saucers
     John Barry
     Zorn on Bacharach

If you dig any of these shows, write a note to WNYC asking them to archive more -- there's plenty more available that they haven't put on-line yet.
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From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Shirley Hemphill,Elizabeth Zimmermann
Date: 13 Dec 1999 11:02:15 -0500


That's sad news  . . . that the Cosby show is still on, I mean.  I had no
idea.

Will

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Subject: (exotica) Spinning On Line pt.2
Date: 13 Dec 1999 11:34:21 -0500


[more on Spinning on Air]
After poking around the SOA realaudio page, I discovered that not all the available shows were listed.
Here's the complete current list of shows - try 'em all!
-Lou


http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/ram/soamoog.ram
http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/ram/soabacharach.ram
http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/ram/soabarry.ram
http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/ram/soadjs.ram
http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/ram/soaflysaucers.ram
http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/ram/soahawaiian.ram
http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/ram/soalinnell.ram
http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/ram/soapsychodelic.ram
http://wnyc.org/musicculture/spinning/ram/soayoung.ram
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Subject: (exotica) Tiki Room SOP Handbook-1970'S
Date: 13 Dec 1999 12:53:39 -0500


Just noticed this item at eBay
Lou
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(PS  I have nothing to do with this auction -- I just think it's a cool item. You Tiki Room freaks may want to download the *.jpg files!)


http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=217323314

Offered in this auction is a copy
of the Standard Operations                                            Procedures for the Disneyland                                         Enchanted Tiki Rooms. These                                           SOP's are used in the training and                                    orientation of new Hosts and                                          Hostesses for the attraction.                                         These SOPs were mostly written                                        by experienced Cast Members and                                       are very hard to find outside of                                      the park.
This SOP handbook is 6 pages and                                      includes a brief history of the                                       development of the Enchanted Tiki                                     Room, the Tiki Room Story, Facts                                      and Figures, and the "live"                                           narration for the host or hostess                                     at the beginning of each show. This                                   is a B/W photocopy, as were all of                                    the copies made for training, on 8                                    1/2 x 11 white paper.



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Subject: (exotica) tv picks
Date: 13 Dec 1999 13:36:07 -0500


Among other items...

More Chaplin features and shorts tonight (Monday) on TCM.

(and AMC is running Buster Keaton features every morning circa 6am)

Laura (1944)
easy list reference, Vincent Price too
AMC - Monday night, 8:30pm, 2:45am (eastern)

How To Commit Marriage (1969)
Bob Hope vs. Jackie Gleason 'mod' epic
AMC - Tuesday afternoon, 4:00pm

In Like Flint (1967)
2nd Flint adventure
AMC - Wednesday night, 6:00pm

Biography: Connie Francis
A&E - Thursday night, 8:00pm, Midnight

American Drinks: History In A Glass
History - Friday night, 8:00pm, Midnight, 4:00am
Saturday afternoon, Noon
Early Sunday, 4:00am

True Hollywood Story: Dean Martin
E! - Friday night, 9:00pm

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
one more for VP
AMC - Friday night, 10:30pm, 2:05am

The Thief Of Bagdad (1940)
classic Hollywood exotica
AMC - Saturday morning, 6:30am

Winter A-Go-Go (1965)
w/ The Hondells, The Astronauts and more
AMC - Saturday night, 10:00pm, 4:00am


m.ace  [e-mail]
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From: "Robert McKenna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) exotic morocco
Date: 13 Dec 1999 10:58:53 PST


well, ok, i know it is. but i just decided to bugger off to morocco for a
few days to escape the pre-christmas ultra insanity, and i was wondering if
anyone on this list (where better) has any cool ideas for places to go,
things (ie records! oh, and musical instruments) to look out for.
love
rob

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From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Bobby Hughes Experience
Date: 13 Dec 1999 15:36:30 -0500


I heard a piece on WFMU a while back by a group called The
Bobby Hughes Experience.  The piece, called "Seasons", came off
of the 18th Street Lounge Soundtracks "Jet Society" compilation
(which I've since picked up and would highly recommend). Anyway,
this piece reminded me an awful lot of the Duke of Burlington...
so I'm naturally interested in finding out a bit more!  I've seen other
releases by the group listed but nothing is available locally to listen
to.  Does anyone know more about the group or what their releases
sound like or whether the piece I heard is typical of their sound?

Thanks,


Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Bobby Hughes Experience
Date: 13 Dec 1999 19:30:21 -0500


At 3:36 PM -0500 12/13/99, Brian Karasick wrote:

>I heard a piece on WFMU a while back by a group called The
>Bobby Hughes Experience.  The piece, called "Seasons", came off
>of the 18th Street Lounge Soundtracks "Jet Society" compilation
>.........Does anyone know more about the group or what their releases
>sound like or whether the piece I heard is typical of their sound?

There's one album and one 12" EP, both one the usually fine Ultimate
Dilemma label out of Britain. All of the 12" tracks are on the LP (which
may or may not be available on CD, I'm not sure); they are all organ driven
funky breakbeat tracks. I felt the EP tracks were the best ones (and
they're superb), but I've only needle dropped the LP once and may check it
out again. It's available at stores that sell electronic dance records,
usually in the breakbeat section.......although it could be in leftfield,
trip hop or downtempo as well. You might be able top get it mail order from
Juno Records in London
http://www.juno.co.uk/

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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fwd: Charles Earland RIP
Date: 13 Dec 1999 19:20:51 -0500



>>From rec.music.bluenote:
>
>  According to the Associated Press wire early this morning, organist
>Charles Earland died in his hotel room in Kansas City, MO on Saturday
>morning after a performance.  The cause of death was not immediately
>known, but the medical examiner said that Earland died of natural
>causes.  He had a history of heart disease, so maybe that was it, but I
>don't know yet.  He was only 58.

His soundtrack to the blaxploitation film "The Dynamite Brothers" remain
one of the most interesting of the genrre. He had some mean funky organ
records as well.

br cleve


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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Charles Earland RIP
Date: 13 Dec 1999 20:29:18 -0500 (EST)


At 07:20 PM 12/13/99 -0500, Br.Cleve  wrote:
>>>From rec.music.bluenote:
>>
>>  According to the Associated Press wire early this morning, organist
>>Charles Earland died in his hotel room in Kansas City, MO on Saturday
>>morning after a performance.

I haven't seen an "official" obit yet, but go to the following URL for more
info:
http://elvispelvis.com/charlesearland.htm

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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Joseph Heller
Date: 13 Dec 1999 14:03:47 -0500


                          *By HILLEL ITALIE
                      *Associated Press Writer
 NEW YORK (AP) -- Joseph Heller, whose darkly comic first novel
``Catch-22'' defined the paradox of the no-win dilemma and added a
phrase to the American lexicon, died of a heart attack at his East
Hampton home. He was 76.
 Heller died Sunday night, according to his wife, Valerie.
 Published in 1961 to mixed reviews, ``Catch-22'' became a cult
favorite before it was recognized as an American classic. It
eventually sold more than 10 million copies in the United States
alone.
 ``Oh, God, how terrible,'' author and friend Kurt Vonnegut, who
last spoke to Heller a week ago, said today. ``This is a calamity
for American letters.''
 Arthur Gelb, former managing editor of The New York Times and a
longtime friend and New York City neighbor of Heller's, described a
dinner party in East Hampton last month.
 ``He had this never-flagging satirical wit that was always
entertaining -- except when you were in the path of one of his
accerbic bullets. But that evening, he was sweet-tempered and
somewhat subdued,'' Gelb said. ``I asked him if he was feeling
well. He said he regretted to report that age appeared to be
mellowing him and that people would have to stop referring to him
as a curmudgeon.''
 Heller based ``Catch-22'' on his experience in the Air Force
during World War II. He was a bombardier in combat over Italy and
flew 60 missions before he was discharged as a lieutenant at war's
end.
 He wrote five novels after ``Catch-22'' and co-authored the
nonfiction ``No Laughing Matter,'' which told of his bout in the
early 1980s with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a paralyzing nerve
disorder from which he fully recovered.
 All his books inevitably were compared to ``Catch-22.'' For
millions of readers, the exploits of Capt. John Yossarian and the
rest of his bomber squadron seemed not so much larger than life,
but part of life itself.
 ``Catch 22'' was a circular, pitch-black tale that suggested a
devious collaboration between Twain and Kafka. It was the literary
equivalent of Stanley Kubrick's ``Dr. Strangelove,'' a vivid
document of the system's poker-faced insanity.
 Started in 1953 and published eight years later, the tone of
``Catch-22'' perfectly suited the disillusion brought on by Vietnam
and Watergate. The title alone was enough to suggest a universe
where the only hope for escape was by going crazy -- which, as the
good Colonel Korn would point out, was proof you were normal after
all.
 ``There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which
specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers
that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind,''
Heller wrote.
 ``Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask;
and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have
to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and
sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them.''
 The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1993) defines a
catch-22 as ``a condition or consequence that precludes success, a
dilemma where the victim cannot win.''
 ``Everyone in my book accuses everyone else of being crazy,''
Heller once said. ``Frankly, I think the whole society is nuts --
and the question is: what does a sane man do in an insane
society?''
 The son of a delivery man, Heller was born in 1923 in the Coney
Island section of Brooklyn. He loved writing as a child and was in
grade school when he tried, unsuccessfully, to get a story
published by the New York Daily News.
 After working as a blacksmith's helper, Heller enlisted in the
Air Force in 1942. He was sent into combat two years later and
discovered war was nothing like the movies.
 Vonnegut said he and Heller were both marked by ``the greatest
lunatic asylum of them all: World War II.''
 ``He said to me one time that if it weren't for World War II
he'd be in the dry cleaning business,'' Vonnegut recalled.
 Heller began ``Catch-22'' while working as a copywriter for a
small New York advertising agency.
 The book didn't make much of an impact when it was finally
released, despite newspaper ads captioned ``WHAT'S THE CATCH?''.
Reviews were mixed and an author tour was deemed unnecessary.
``Catch-22'' wasn't on any major bestseller list during its
original hardcover release.
 But in 1962, S.J. Perelman praised the book to a reporter from
the New York Herald Tribune. Other articles appeared referring to
the novel's underground following. The author remembered meeting
John Chancellor and being shown ``YOSSARIAN LIVES'' stickers the
NBC newsman said he was putting up around the network's offices.
 ``When `Catch-22' came out, people were saying, `Well, World War
II wasn't like this,''' friend and fellow author E.L. Doctorow said
today. ``But when we got tangled up in Vietnam, it became a sort of
text for the consciousness of that time. They say fiction can't
change anything, but they can certainly organize a generation's
consciousness.''
 In 1994, Heller brought back Yossarian, Chaplain Tappman and a
handful of others in the novel ``Closing Time.'' Many critics
called it a lukewarm followup, but Heller considered it a sequel
only in the loosest sense.
 Set in present-day New York, ``Closing Time'' was Heller's
mellowest work, and his bleakest. It contrasted the optimism of
Yossarian, now wealthy and involved with a nurse, with a world that
seemed unlikely to outlive him very long.
 ``I tend to see my people as living in a vacuum, not anarchy,
but living in a void of meaning -- even my King David, who despairs
because God doesn't talk to anyone,'' Heller said.
 ``It used to shock me and alarm me and discourage me that there
was a general decline of everything of value. But it doesn't
surprise me anymore. It seems inevitable and natural and there's no
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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Early Wright
Date: 14 Dec 1999 10:03:22 -0500


                           *Early Wright
    CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) -- Pioneering radio personality Early
Wright, whose nightly ``Soul Man'' broadcast spanned more than a
half-century and drew national media attention to his hometown's
blues and gospel heritage, died Friday. He was age 84.
    ``Early Wright was a local figure who grew into a national
legend,'' Jim O'Neal, founding editor of Living Blues magazine,
said Monday.
    Wright died after suffering a heart attack Nov. 8.
    In 1947, Wright became the first black disc jockey in
Mississippi when he went to work at Clarksdale's WROX Radio. Until
his retirement in 1998, he hosted one of America's longest
continuous-running radio shows and interviewed many celebrities,
including Elvis Presley, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Ike and Tina
Turner and Charley Pride.
-----------
NYTimes Joseph Heller obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/121399ap-heller-obit.html




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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) I screen, you screen...
Date: 14 Dec 1999 12:24:05 -0500


And I thought a C/Band satellite dish would take up too much room...
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) no need anymore for "Burning CD-Rs: Overview of CD labeling kits"
Date: 13 Dec 1999 19:17:37 +0100


i've received that "Burning CD-Rs: Overview of CD labeling kits" article,
so no need anymore for you kind folks to mail it to me.

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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) all you virtual dj's
Date: 14 Dec 1999 11:34:04 -0500


mix master all of those groovy sndtrks and exotic tunage you got on MP3
with this crazy thing... http://www.tactilepix.com/

its been out a while and you probably have seen it already but i just found
out about it.

not sure i wanna go there just yet, but some of you might!

cheers
bump

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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) VCR machines
Date: 14 Dec 1999 22:50:00 +0000


A question for you multimedia people on the list.  A colleague has asked me
to find out the name of the manufacturer in the USA that makes a VCR which
will

1) play and record NTSC VHS tapes
2) play back (only) PAL (European) VHS tapes

Any help will be greatly appreciated,
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Subject: (exotica) Re: a seedy burning question: declicking on mac
Date: 14 Dec 1999 14:25:33 +0100


    not much choice for the mac platform, if you don't have thousands
of $ to spend. i use Arboretum's "RayGun" plug-in ($99,
http://www.arboretum.com), which removes noise (though not very well),
clicks, hum and rumble.
    you can run it in the bundled HyperEngine recording software, but i
wouldn't recommend it, as it is unstable and unreliable and slowwwwwwwwww.
    to record and edit, i now use Bias Peak LE ($99,
http://www.bias-inc.com), which accepts Premiere type plug-ins, like
RayGun. Peak let's you apply filters to portions of the audio, instead of
the whole file, and is quite fast in processing (declicking 40 minutes
takes about 5 to  10 minutes). download the Peak LE demo, which also
includes a RayGun demo.

    something i cannot remove though is that damned crackling noise!
any suggestions?

        Johan

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>i use a mac based system and...
>ok, so the question is to the 3 of you left...
>is there some sort of software that takes the clicks and pops from a
>"recorded" record or at least minimizes them???




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Subject: (exotica) [obit]Milton A. ``Mickey'' Rudin
Date: 15 Dec 1999 09:40:39 -0500


 *Milton A. ``Mickey'' Rudin
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Attorney Milton A. ``Mickey'' Rudin, who
represented such famous clients as Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe
and Lucille Ball, died Monday of pneumonia. He was 79.
    Others he represented during his 52 years of practice included
the Jackson Five and casino mogul Steve Wynn.
    All loved him for his tenacity on their behalf and his breadth
of knowledge, said Lee Solters, a Hollywood publicist and family
spokesman.
    ``He had a great, great sense of humor, and everybody respected
his being so shrewd,'' Solters said. ``Legal advice, business
advice -- he was everything. He wore 15 hats.''
    Rudin, who argued cases involving copyright law and the rights
of heirs before the U.S. Supreme Court, also made several cameo
film appearances, earning the nickname ``The Judge'' for the roles
he played.
---------
UNCONFIRMED (picked up in alt.obituaries):
Chuck Higgins, legendary and veteran L.A. honking sax man ("Pachuco
Hop"), discoverer of the late Johnny "Guitar" Watson and all-around cool
guy passed away according to informed sources, likely this past weekend.
He'd been in ill health for some time.

Bobby Marchan, female impersonating veteran vocalist of New Orleans'
based Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns and hitmaker in his own right
("There Is Something On Your Mind") also passed, again, according to
informed sources.
---------
The Las Vegas Strip

Claiming to be the most detailed history of the Las Vegas strip on
the Internet today, this site shows the evolution of the buildings
and casinos on the famous strip from its early beginnings
through to the present day complete with pictures. See how
owners, architects, designers, interior decorators, and
employees have attempted to attract customers through
changing styles and with imaginative gimmicks in a fiercely
competitive real estate strip.
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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Paul Cadmus
Date: 15 Dec 1999 09:42:55 -0500


December 15, 1999
          Paul Cadmus, Artist Whose Work
          Spanned 70 Years, Dead at 94

          By HOLLAND COTTER,NYTimes

              Paul Cadmus, an American artist noted for a virtuosic figurative style
               that he applied to subjects ranging from biting social satire to
          moralizing allegories to sensual, sometimes sentimental male nudes, died
          on Sunday at his home in Weston, Conn. He was 94.

          Cadmus found his inspiration in the art of Italian Renaissance painters like
          Mantegna and Luca Signorelli. His career was remarkable for its
          unruffled stylistic consistency over 70 years, from his days as a
          precocious student in New York in the 1920s through his incendiary stint
          in the 1930s with the federal Public Works of Art Project, later folded
          into the Works Progress Administration, and up to the present. Although
          he stopped painting a few years ago, he continued to sketch until his
          death.

          Because he was a slow, meticulous worker who favored the
          complicated, time-consuming medium of egg tempera, he finished an
          average of only two paintings a year. He was, however, more prolific in
          other forms, including drawing, printmaking and, early on, photography.

          His narrative subject matter -- he proudly referred to himself as a "literary
          painter" -- and his near-illustrational style, which often veered between
          grotesque caricature and high-pitched melodrama, fell out of favor with
          the art establishment during and after the rise of Abstract Expressionism
          in the 1940s. But by that time Cadmus had already achieved more than
          one widely publicized succes de scandale.

          In 1934, when he was employed by the Public Works of Art Project, his
          painting "The Fleet's In," depicting uniformed sailors, prostitutes and a
          homosexual pickup in progress was included in an exhibition at the
          Corcoran Gallery in Washington. Outraged officials from the Navy saw a
          newspaper reproduction of the painting and pulled the work from the
          exhibition. It was kept from view until 1981 and is now temporarily on
          view at the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami.

          More agitation followed. When Cadmus' cartoonish, Bruegelian "Coney
          Island" appeared at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1935,
          Brooklyn realtors threatened to file a civil suit to protest what they
          perceived as a slur on the neighborhood. And the sardonic scenes of
          suburban life that the artist sketched out for post office murals in Port
          Washington, N.Y., in 1936 resulted in the cancellation of the original
          commission. (It was carried out in easel painting format.)

          Cadmus, who was personally unconfrontational, went into retreat in the
          wake of these controversies. But the public was fascinated: his first
          one-man show in New York, at Midtown Galleries in Manhattan in
          1937, attracted more than 7,000 visitors.

          Paul Cadmus was born on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Dec.
          17, 1904. His father, who had little money, was a commercial
          lithographer who had studied with Robert Henri; his mother was an
          illustrator of children's books. At 15, before he finished high school, he
          was enrolled in art classes at the National Academy of Design. Within
          two years he was admitted to the life drawing classes and by 1926 had
          completed his course work, having won numerous prizes and
          scholarships.

          He took jobs in advertising until 1931, while continuing his studies at the
          Art Students League. There he met painter Jared French, who
          encouraged him to abandon commercial art. The two artists became
          lovers and traveled together to Europe, staying on the island of Majorca,
          where Cadmus executed two of his best-known early pieces, "Shore
          Leave" and "YMCA Locker Room," raucous, mock-classical tableaux
          vivants that anticipate "The Fleet's In."

          Cadmus returned to the United States in 1933 and was soon hired by the
          Public Works of Art Project. After the furor that greeted his work in the
          1930s, interest in him quieted down and his conservative, anti-modernist
          style -- "I have never been part of any avant-garde," he said -- left him all
          but invisible in the postwar art world.

          Yet he continued to produce work at a steady pace and was part of a
          cosmopolitan circle of writers, artists, musicians and choreographers
          whom he considered colleagues and friends. They included Christopher
          Isherwood, W.H. Auden, Donald Windham, George Balanchine, George
          Platt Lynes, George Tooker, Lincoln Kirstein (the husband of Cadmus'
          sister, Fidelma), and E.M. Forster who, the story goes, read his
          homoerotic novel "Maurice" aloud to Cadmus while the artist was
          painting his portrait.

          Although Cadmus' work is in the collections of most major American
          museums, he has received scant institutional attention in terms of solo
          exhibitions. He was included in a handful of important group shows,
          among them "American Realists and Magic Realists" at the Museum of
          Modern Art in 1943, but has been the focus of only a few one-person
          museum showcases. His cycle of paintings titled "Seven Deadly Sins"
          was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1995; his "Sailor"
          series at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1996.

          A career retrospective was organized in 1981 by the Miami University
          Art Museum in Ohio; It traveled to the Hudson River Museum in
          Yonkers, N.Y. An exhibition titled "Men Without Women: Paul Cadmus
          as Curator" appeared at the National Academy of Design last summer.
          He was elected an academician of the National Academy in 1980 and a
          member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in
          1974. This year received the first annual international arts award from
          Pridefest America, an annual gay cultural festival, in Philadelphia. His
          work is represented by D.C. Moore Gallery in Manhattan.

          Cadmus was, at the time of his death, a senior exemplar of a vital, if
          submerged, academic realist tradition in American painting, one that has
          meandered in various guises from Thomas Eakins to Ivan Albright and
          Reginald Marsh and has resurfaced, yet again transformed, in the work
          of younger painters today.

          But Cadmus, with his cordial personality and handsome features
          sustained into old age, wore his Old Master status with aplomb. When he
          was photographed by Bruce Weber for Italian Vogue in 1996 -- his eyes
          bright, his skin clear and his silver hair long -- he easily held his own
          among the youthful models who surrounded him. When complimented on
          his well-preserved appearance he gave full credit "to Mother Nature and
          Father Time."

          He is survived by his companion, Jon Anderson, who was the model for
          many of his most serene figurative studies.




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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Most Performed Tune of the Century
Date: 15 Dec 1999 07:22:29 -0800 (PST)



Performing rights group BMI has named "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "
as the most-performed tune of the century. The composition -- penned by
Barry Mann, Phil Spector, and Cynthia Weil, and a No. 1 hit in 1965 for
the Righteous Brothers -- recently passed the 8 million mark in
performances on U.S. radio and TV.

In the runner-up position on BMI's "Top 100 Songs Of The Century" list is
"Never My Love" (by Donald and Richard Addrisi), followed by "Yesterday"
(John Lennon and Paul McCartney) and "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King, Jerry
Leiber, and Mike Stoller). Each song has 7 million performances
.
Rounding out the top 10, with 6 million performances each, are "Can't
Take My Eyes Off Of You" (Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio), "(Sittin' On) The
Dock Of The Bay" (Otis Redding and Steve Cropper), "Mrs. Robinson" (Paul
Simon), "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and
Eddie Holland), "Rhythm Of The Rain" (John Gummoe), and "Georgia On My
Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell).

Top writers are John Lennon and Paul Simon, with four songs each on the
top 100 list.


Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


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From: "Jane Fondle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mondo this, mondo that
Date: 15 Dec 1999 10:30:06 EST


>Also highly recommended, by me ;0, is Kai Winding's take on MONDO CANE!á
>The
>whole album sounds like TELSTAR by the Tornadoes, but it's rockin'!
>Ya' know, Kai ain't brought up much here, and he's great!á I love the DIRTY
>DOG album, especially!
>Jane Fondle
>
>
> >From: Bump <[e-mail]>
> >To: exotica mailing list <[e-mail]>
> >Subject: Re: (exotica) Mondo Cane Soundtrack
> >Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 23:15:32 -0500
> >
> >
> >cool,
> >á be sure to check out the film too.
> >quite a few surprises in there as well! (if your tummy can take it ;)
> >i went on a MONDOKICK two years ago and rented as many Mondo films as i
> >could.
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Franck Pourcel 85th birtday?
Date: 14 Dec 1999 19:47:49 +0100


some mystery dutch speaking radio guy in Germany named "Suit" asked me if i
knew where Franck Pourcel would celebrate his 85th birtday on january 1,
but i have no idea. anyone on this list knows? "cc:" your reply to
<[e-mail]>, that's Mr. mystery's address.

        Johan

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Most Performed Tune of the Century
Date: 15 Dec 1999 13:23:32 EST


In a message dated 12/15/99 10:23:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Performing rights group BMI has named "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "
 as the most-performed tune of the century. >>

I thought it would be the "Happy Birthday To You" song.  I read that it is
licensed and the most sung and performed song.

Strange!

TB


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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Most Performed Tune of the Century
Date: 15 Dec 1999 16:30:08 -0500


At 07:22 AM 12/15/99 -0800, chuck wrote:
>
>
>Performing rights group BMI has named "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "
>as the most-performed tune of the century. >
>In the runner-up position on BMI's "Top 100 Songs Of The Century" list is
>"Never My Love" (by Donald and Richard Addrisi), followed by "Yesterday"

I wonder what the list would like if it was limited to instrumental covers.
 Perhaps "Yesterday" would still be there but I doubt "You've lost.." would
even be in the top one hundred.  And certainly Bacharach would do a bit
better.
And Gershwin.  And Ellington.
Or maybe I'm wrong about that.

It's not really surprising that so many of the most performed songs of the
century are focussed on the sixties and seventies but somehow I don't want
to believe it.

I wish I could do a computer scan of my record shelves and come up with a
non-scientific survey of most performed instrumentals.

Maybe "Poor People of Paris" would win the number one spot.  Or "This guy's
in love" (that had to be on the other list)  "Up up and away",  "Patricia".
 "Baubles, bangles and beads".  "Caravan".  "Light my fire".  "Quiet
Village".  "I know a place".

It's times like these where, for a moment, I wish my obsession extended to
cataloguing.

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mondo this, mondo that
Date: 15 Dec 1999 16:30:12 -0500


At 10:30 AM 12/15/99 EST, Jane Fondle wrote:
>
>>Also highly recommended, by me ;0, is Kai Winding's take on MONDO CANE!=A0=
=20
>>The
>>whole album sounds like TELSTAR by the Tornadoes, but it's rockin'!
>>Ya' know, Kai ain't brought up much here, and he's great!=A0 I love the=
 DIRTY
>>DOG album, especially!

Yeah, good ole Kai.  I always buy his records and I always keep em but I
have mixed feelings about him.
I think he really hit on something with that whole "Ondioline surf" sound
he has on the Mondo Cane and Soul Surfing LP's.
And yeah, Dirty Dog is cool.  Nice funky Herbie Hancock sound.
And his "Suspense Themes in Jazz" is a nice record to put next to your
Buddy Morrow "Impact" and "Double Impact".
And finally his "In Instrumentals".  Pretty good NOW sound but it always
bugs me that he didn't call it "IN-strumentals".
I think the reason for my mixed feelings lies in a basic dislike for the
trombone as a lead instrument.  I don't like to entirely dismiss an
instrument. There have been a few exceptions to that, the odd solo by
jazzbos like Julian Priester, Jimmy Knepper, Roswell Rudd, Albert
Mangelsdorf and especially Grachan Moncur III.. but mostly I like the
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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Most Performed Tune of the Century
Date: 15 Dec 1999 16:36:59 -0500


At 07:22 AM 12/15/99 -0800, chuck wrote:
>
>
>Performing rights group BMI has named "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "
>as the most-performed tune of the century. >
>In the runner-up position on BMI's "Top 100 Songs Of The Century" list is
>"Never My Love" (by Donald and Richard Addrisi), followed by "Yesterday"

I wonder what the list would like if it was limited to instrumental covers.
 Perhaps "Yesterday" would still be there but I doubt "You've lost.." would
even be in the top one hundred.  And certainly Bacharach would do a bit
better.
And Gershwin.  And Ellington.
Or maybe I'm wrong about that.

It's not really surprising that so many of the most performed songs of the
century are focussed on the sixties and seventies but somehow I don't want
to believe it.

I wish I could do a computer scan of my record shelves and come up with a
non-scientific survey of most performed instrumentals.

Maybe "Poor People of Paris" would win the number one spot.  Or "This guy's
in love" (that had to be on the other list)  "Up up and away",  "Patricia".
 "Baubles, bangles and beads".  "Caravan".  "Light my fire".  "Quiet
Village".  "I know a place".

It's times like these where, for a moment, I wish my obsession extended to
cataloguing.

Nat



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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Most Performed Tune of Your Century
Date: 15 Dec 1999 18:24:54 -0500



>>Performing rights group BMI has named "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "
>>as the most-performed tune of the century. >

WHAT B.S!!!    Aren't we lucky to be able to listen to so much cooler music?
can i get a amen my brothas and sistas!

and i thought it was Happy Birthday to You and In A Gadda Da Vida!
        --(cheech+chong)

i wonder what horrible song ASCAP's has named as the most-performed tune?
i really don't...

my personal top three most played tunes of my century would have to be
1. "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf (kinda exotic flavour ;) - magic
lamps, belly dancers etc),i bought it when it came out and still play it
out today.
along with...
2. The Mothers "Hungry Freaks, Daddy"
3. Alice Cooper's "Is It My Body".

quick i need to DIE, my R+R Roots are showing!

bump out


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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Most Performed Tune of the Century
Date: 15 Dec 1999 19:33:37 -0500


At 1:23 PM -0500 12/15/99, [e-mail] wrote:

>I thought it would be the "Happy Birthday To You" song.  I read that it is
>licensed and the most sung and performed song.
>
>Strange!

You've gotta read between the lines on this one.......it states that
'...Lovin Feelin'  was the most recorded BMI tune. 'Happy Birthday', the
stuff Nat mentions like Ellington etc, are all ASCAP tunes. BMI didn't
exist until the late 1940's ('48 I believe), and was started to get
royalties for radio play (BMI stands for Broadcast Music Inc) of music that
was not getting full coverage from ASCAP - - - hillbilly, r&b and later
rock n roll, all the domain of  mostly untrained musicians, as opposed to
most members of the American Society Of Composers And Performers (Broadway
composers, Tin Pan Alley, etc). That's why the songs on their list come
more from the rock era.

br cleve,
former bmi, current ascap, composer


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From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tiki/Mai Tai magnet controversy
Date: 15 Dec 1999 17:29:53 -0800


I know this is a bit off-topic, though I think it will be of interest to
some out there.

http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/magnet.html

Details of a tiki-oriented magnet and controvery between the artist and
company over payment. Artist would like a boycott. You can decide for
yourself.

Kevin Crossman
The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai
http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/


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From: Nathan Miner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit]Las Vegas......
Date: 15 Dec 1999 12:20:23 -0500


Is it just "mysitcal coincidence" or haven't I been seeing A LOT of stuff =
lately about Las Vegas??

I've noticed several books released in the past month or so, and now a web =
site is up and advertised along with the obituaries.....

I can't help but think there's something in the works for that area, and =
this is all the "pre-hype" pitched to us consumers............

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From: "Wayno" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Charles Earland R.I.P.
Date: 16 Dec 1999 05:40:04 -0800



I had the pleasure of hearing Charles Earland perform (with vocalist
Irene Reid) in late October, and a fine show it was. Earland
was extremely personable, and was quite happy to autograph my
copy of "Black Talk!"

The high point of his set was the unlikely medley of "Purple
Rain" (with Earland himself on vocals!) and Miles Davis's "Milestones."

I'll second Br. Cleve's recommendation of Earland's "Dynamite
Brothers" soundtrack (currently available in the UK). "Black
Talk!" "Leaving This Planet" and "Living Black" are also essential
funky organ workouts.

Yet another reminder to catch your musical (or other) heroes
when you have the opportunity.

         --- Wayno

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From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sunday night
Date: 16 Dec 1999 14:40:08 -0000


Any Exoticats on the UK south coast Sunday night,  feel like coming out
celebrating my 40th Birthday,  then come along to the Bali Brasserie,  1st
Avenue, Hove.  The closest thing we have to a Tiki Bar.

There will be a DJ debut from Steves Boutique,  playing tunes to increase
the ambience (already high) at this great venue,  plus a brief live set from
local DJ legend Danny Inferno's showband.  Also a good chance of some
selections by the man who started me on my DJ career,  poet Jack Blackburn.

It should be a good night out,  It'll certainly be one of a kind.  I'm
looking forward to it.


And this gets me thinking,  in the birthday thing we did in the summer,
there were quite a few of us born 1959,  did nobody else celebrate the
occasion?


El Maestro Con Queso

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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Walt Levinsky,Douglas Leigh,Bobby Marchan
Date: 16 Dec 1999 09:45:27 -0500


                           *Walt Levinsky
    SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- Clarinetist Walt Levinsky, who shared the
stage with Benny Goodman, composed television and movie scores,
arranged music and led his own swing band, died Tuesday. He was 70.
    Levinsky had been in a coma for about two months and had battled
brain cancer since 1995.
    Levinsky spent two years playing with Tommy Dorsey and worked
with Goodman on and off for about 19 years. He once estimated he
played in more than 5,000 recording sessions, and arranged songs
for Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Richard Harris and Doc
Severinson.
    He wrote the theme songs to numerous TV shows, including ``CBS
Evening News with Dan Rather,'' ABC's ``20/20,'' and CBS coverage
of NFL football and NCAA basketball. He spent 12 years as musical
director for the Daytime Emmy Awards.

                           *Douglas Leigh
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Douglas Leigh, the man behind some of Times
Square's most fabled advertisements as well as the lights on such
landmarks as the Empire State Building, died Tuesday. He was 92.
    His giant Camel sign that puffed out real smoke rings lasted for
26 years on Broadway and was copied in 22 cities. He was also the
brains behind the 25-foot A&P coffee cup that actually let off
steam.
    Leigh was 28 when he arrived in New York from Alabama with $9 in
his pocket. But he used his soft-spoken sales ability and flair for
the fabulous to develop a multimillion-dollar business of designing
and erecting breathtaking signs.
    He created the Super Suds detergent sign with 3,000 large
``floating'' soap bubbles per minute. A 120-foot Pepsi-Cola
waterfall, the Bromo-Seltzer sign with actual effervescence and the
Old Gold cigarettes sign with 4,100 light bulbs were all Leigh
creations.
    There was also the block-long sign -- featuring two 50-foot
figures and an electric news ``zipper'' -- above the Bond clothing
store on Broadway.
    He was later hired to develop a lighting plan for Cincinnati.
    In addition to the Empire State Building, Leigh splashed
dazzling lights at the summits of other New York skyscrapers,
including Citicorp, the Helmsley and Crown Buildings and the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
    In the 1960s, he owned One Times Square, the building where the
ball is dropped on New Year's Eve. He stripped its marble facade
and envisioned the building as what it now is -- a showcase for
signs.
    As official decorator for the 1976 Democratic presidential
convention, Leigh made Manhattan's fountains flow in red, white and
blue. In 1984, he installed a vast snowflake with 3,000 lights
above Fifth Avenue at 57th Street.

Bobby Marchan, 69, noted  N.O. R&B artist
            By Jeff Hannusch
            Contributing writer/The Times-Picayune

            Bobby Marchan, one of New Orleans' most colorful
            rhythm and blues artists, died Dec. 5 after a
            lengthy illness. Mr. Marchan, whose given name
            was Oscar James Gibson, was 69.

            Mr. Marchan's biggest hit, "There Is Something on
            Your Mind," was a No. 1 rhythm and blues single in
            1960. As a member of Huey Smith and the
            Clowns, he sang on the hits "Don't You Just Know
            It," "You Don't Know Yockomo," and "Havin' A
            Good Time."

            "Bobby was just a character -- he would do
            anything," said singer Frankie Ford, who imitated
            Mr. Marchan's vocal style early in his own career
            and scored a hit with the Huey Smith song "Sea
            Cruise." "I learned from him. He always looked like
            he was having fun, like Fats Domino and Frogman
            Henry."

            Mr. Marchan was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where
            as an adolescent he became fascinated by female
            impersonators who performed in local theaters. He
            began appearing in drag as a comedian and
            singer. In 1953, Mr. Marchan organized a troupe of
            female impersonators called "The Powder Box
            Revue" that was booked at New Orleans' Dew
            Drop Inn for several weeks. Finding the city's
            relaxed temperament to his liking, not to mention
            the ample opportunities to work as an entertainer,
            Marchan relocated, renting a room above the Dew
            Drop.

            In 1954, Marchan became the master of
            ceremonies at Club Tiajuana, where he was
            discovered by Aladdin Records' Eddie Mesner,
            who was impressed by Marchan's sophisticated
            blues style. He later recorded for Dot before
            beginning a long and successful association with
            Ace Records.

            "I was working at the Club Tiajuana in 1956, when
            Huey Smith brought in (Ace Records') Johnny
            Vincent," Marchan said in 1998. "I was a singer,
            emcee and female impersonator. (Vincent) thought
            I was a woman.

            "Johnny said he liked my singing and wanted to
            record me. He gave me $200 and I signed his
            contract. A couple of days later we got to Cosimo
            Matassa's (studio) and Johnny still thought I was
            woman because I was dressed in drag. Huey and
            everybody else was cracking up because Johnny
            was treating me and talking to me like I was a
            woman. Finally, Huey told Johnny I was a man and
            he just about fell on the floor from a heart attack."

            Mr. Marchan's first taste of success was in 1956
            with the release of "Chickee Wah-Wah," which
            was a regional hit. He and Smith joined forces in
            1957 to form The Clowns. As Huey "Piano" Smith
            & the Clowns, they recorded some of New Orleans'
            most memorable rock and roll.

            "I was the group's boss," Mr. Marchan said. "When
            we first went on the road, Huey went with us, but
            after a few months he stayed home and
            concentrated on writing and doing sessions. I hired
            (pianist) James Booker to take his place because
            he sounded like Huey."

            After Mr. Marchan left Ace and The Clowns, he
            went back on the road as a female impersonator.
            Eventually he contacted Fire Records' Bobby
            Robinson about recording the Big Jay McNeely
            song "There Is Something on Your Mind." Mr.
            Marchan's version hit No. 1 on the R&B charts.

            Mr. Marchan continued to cut R&B records for Fire,
            but they didn't chart. In 1963, Otis Redding
            recommended him to Jim Stewart at Stax/Volt and
            Mr. Marchan began making the transition to
            contemporary soul. He later cut the original version
            of "Get Down With It," a hit for the British
            glam-rockers Slade in the 1970s.

            By the mid-1970s, Mr. Marchan was living in
            Pensacola, Fla., and barnstorming the South again
            as a female impersonator-bandleader. In 1977, he
            returned to New Orleans as emcee at Prout's Club
            Alhambra.

            In the 1980s, Mr. Marchan began appearing
            annually at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
            Festival and presenting gong shows at local clubs.
            A bout with cancer and the removal of a kidney in
            the early 1990s cut down his performing, but he
            remained active in the music business. He started
            Manicure Productions, a company that scouted,
            promoted and booked hip-hop acts, and was also
            a key figure in the formation and success of Cash
            Money Records.

            Mr. Marchan's last public appearance was at the
            1999 Essence Music Festival. He is survived by an
            aunt, Anabelle E. Adair of Youngstown, Ohio.

            Funeral arrangements were incomplete Tuesday.

            12/15/99



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Subject: (exotica) [obit - NYTimes] Douglas Leigh
Date: 16 Dec 1999 10:34:15 -0500


December 16, 1999
          Douglas Leigh, the Man Who Lit Up
          Broadway, Dies at 92
          By DOUGLAS MARTIN,NYTimes

              Douglas Leigh, the dazzling impresario of electrical splendor who
               festooned Broadway with miles of electrical signs, a gargantuan
          steaming coffee pot and the celebrated giant Camel sign that puffed
          smoke rings, died Tuesday in a Manhattan hospital. He was 92 and lived
          in Manhattan and Palm Beach.

          Mr. Leigh was also the man who lit up Manhattan's skyscrapers,
          beginning with the Empire State Building in 1976, and who made the
          city's fountains flow red, white and blue for that year's Democratic
          National Convention.

          Mr. Leigh, an Alabama native, hit town at 28 in a secondhand Ford with
          $9 in his pocket and parlayed a soft-spoken sales ability and a flair for
          the fabulous into the multi-million-dollar business of designing and
          erecting breathtaking signs. The A.&P. coffee cup, 25 feet high and
          steaming, was his. So was the Old Gold sign with its 4,100 bulbs. The
          Bromo-Seltzer sign with actual effervescent action? You bet.

          Mr. Leigh gave the Great White Way its legendary Camel smoke ring
          sign, which lasted for 26 years and was duplicated in 22 other cities. He
          created the Super Suds detergent sign with 3,000 large "floating" soap
          bubbles per minute. The 120-foot Pepsi-Cola waterfall was indisputably
          his.

          "I'm an idea man, a concept guy," he said last year, still very much on the
          job at Donald Trump's building at 40 Wall Street, one of Manhattan's
          tallest structures.

          In addition to the Empire State Building, Mr. Leigh splashed dazzling
          lights at the summits of other skyscrapers, including Citicorp, the
          Helmsley and Crown Buildings and the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Mr.
          Leigh became as dominant in the new business of lighting buildings as he
          had been in designing spectacular signs.

          His life was an exuberant exercise in creative attention-getting. He owned
          and operated blimps on both the East and West Coasts used to advertise
          Wonder Bread, Mobil gasoline and other products. In the 1960's, he
          owned One Times Square, the building where the ball is dropped on
          New Year's Eve. He stripped off the marble facade and envisioned the
          building as what it now is, a showcase for signs.

          In 1976, he was official decorator for the Democratic Party's presidential
          convention, causing Manhattan's fountains to flow in red, white and blue,
          among other effects. In 1984, he installed a two-and-a-half-story
          snowflake with 3,000 lights above Fifth Avenue at 57th Street.

          His work extended beyond New York, and in 1987, he was hired by
          Cincinnati to develop a master plan for lighting that city. He also dealt
          with such seemingly prosaic jobs as handling the advertising on New
          York City buses.

          Mr. Leigh was the spiritual pioneer of today's Times Square, where giant
          neon displays are required on new buildings.

          By 1936, a two-story building was erected on Broadway between 44th
          and 45th Streets with a sign that more than doubled the height of the
          structure. The huge sign, the work of the designer Dorothy Shepard,
          featured a fish blowing bubbles, advertising Wrigley's Spearmint gum. A
          nightclub in the building lasted only a few years, and in 1940, Bond
          Clothes took over much of the space.

          Eight years later, Mr. Leigh persuaded Bond to put up a $350,000
          montage rising 90 feet above the entire length of the store.

          At the base of the Bond sign was an electric news zipper, about five feet
          high, running along the entire facade. In Mr. Leigh's design, twin
          50-foot-high figures, one male and one female, flanked a waterfall 27 feet
          high and 120 feet long. Strands of electric lights seemed to clothe the
          chunky classical figures at night, but by day they appeared naked.

          "No one has yet equaled the colossal exhortations of Douglas Leigh's
          1948 Bond clothing sign," Christopher Gray wrote in The New York
          Times in 1997. "It lasted only six years, but some fragments still peep out
          from under the latest advertisements."

          Mr. Leigh was born in Anniston, Ala., and began selling things as a
          youth. He attended the University of Florida, where he bought all the
          advertising space in the yearbook for $2,000, on credit. He resold the
          space for $7,000, and dropped out.

          He arrived in New York in the early 1930's, and in 1933 scored his first
          success. He secured the right to put up a sign at Fordham Road and
          Crotona Avenue in the Bronx. He then persuaded the St. Moritz Hotel
          on Central Park South to put up a billboard there. He got $50 a month,
          enough to eat regularly at the Automat, as well as stationery with the
          hotel's prestigious address.

          Later in 1933, he came up with the idea for the steaming coffee cup, 15
          feet wide, at the southeast corner of 47th Street and Seventh Avenue. He
          began to create a comfortable niche. Within a few years he had thrown
          switches in Times Square to illuminate a blinking penguin for Kool
          cigarettes, a clown tossing quoits in the shape of the three-ring Ballantine
          Beer logo, and an animated cartoon for Old Gold cigarettes.

          In June 1941, E. J. Kahn Jr. profiled him in The New Yorker and said he
          had been responsible in the past seven years for 32 large signs. "If New
          York is ever thoroughly blacked out," Mr. Kahn said in reference to a
          possible wartime blackout, "no man will take it harder."

          The next year, such blackouts began, but they only stimulated Mr.
          Leigh's imagination. He did not need lights to develop the Camel
          billboard, at the southeast corner of 44th Street and Broadway, which
          puffed out five-foot-wide rings of smoke.

          Mr. Leigh was a smallish, soft-spoken sort who said, "yes, sir" and "no,
          sir" to business executives and laborers alike. The New Yorker
          described him as a "Princeton freshman." He dressed in tweeds and bow
          ties and wore a fresh boutonniere of cornflowers.

          He is survived by his wife, Elsie; two daughters, Lucinda Leigh of
          Phoenix, and Heidi Duke of San Diego; four stepchildren, Amanda
          Borghese of Short Hills, N.J.; Pidgie Chapman of Pinehurst, N.C.;
          Prudence Blair of Summit, N.J.; and Winthrop Lewis of Singapore; and
          eight grandchildren.

          His visions were legendary. In 1944, he told The New York Times that
          he foresaw a postwar Times Square full of three-dimensional signs in
          softer colors; a colossal, translucent glass of orange juice and a huge
          bottle of perfume with scent puffed out on the street.

          He saw wind machines blowing trees and flags, searchlights playing on
          blimps, artificial snow and fog; the smells of coffee, cocoa and beer, even
          live giraffes and other animals. Times Square would be a spectacular
          performance event in the service of advertising.

          He also thought the Empire State Building would make a dandy glowing
          cigarette for Lucky Strike.



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Subject: (exotica) GREEN HORNET Soundtrack?
Date: 16 Dec 1999 14:47:05 +0100


can someone comment on the GREEN HORNET Soundtrack, which is now available
on cd as Japanese import? worth having?

    Johan

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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) GREEN HORNET Soundtrack?
Date: 16 Dec 1999 14:45:03 -0500


At 8:47 AM -0500 12/16/99, Johan Dada Vis wrote:

>can someone comment on the GREEN HORNET Soundtrack, which is now available
>on cd as Japanese import? worth having?

The original album is extremely good (and incredibly rare), but also
incredibly short - - it contains 9 tracks and clocks in at a whopping 19
minutes! The CD has 6 more tracks, which'll probably add another 13 minutes
to the thing. The score is by Billy May, and has all the classic elements
of the mid-60's - some spy, some tijuana brass soundz, a jazz ballad, some
go-go sound. And I'm sure the CD will be cheaper than the usual $250 or so
that the LP seems to fetch these days.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) GREEN HORNET Soundtrack?
Date: 16 Dec 1999 14:41:44 -0500


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Charles Earland R.I.P.
Date: 16 Dec 1999 15:33:52 -0500


At 05:40 AM 12/16/99 -0800, Wayno wrote:
>
>Yet another reminder to catch your musical (or other) heroes
>when you have the opportunity.

It's been a long time since I made much, if any, association between the
musicians whose records I love and actually seeing them perform live.
I guess it started when I started listening to jazz.  After that, I usually
just assumed they were already dead.
But I did see Benny Carter shortly before he died.
And way back, I caught Tim Hardin on his last tour.  My friend told me he
was certainly going to be drunk and lousy but we should see him before he
died.  My friend was right and he died a couple of months later.  But I
sort of cherish the memory.

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Subject: (exotica) Re: Bobby Hughes Experience
Date: 16 Dec 1999 16:06:54 -0500


Thanks for the responses on this post.  I've since found that there
is no such person as Bobby Hughes and the group is Norwegian,
taking on the name to appear more English!  Also,  CDNow has
since put some samples from the new release on their site and
what I heard was every bit as good as the piece on the compilation.
What with those $5 and $10 off coupons they offer, I couldn't help
myself...

Also enjoyed the piece by a group called "Mo' Horizons" from
Germany on the Jet Society compilation.  I'm seemingly
discovering a whole new music genre here since these things are
such a fusion of styles, I fear I've overlooked them only because
they would be filed in a place I wouldn't necessarilty look. Another
of the pitfalls of trying to classify music... but it has to be done in
order to sell it at least!


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Subject: (exotica) thank you and a moog question
Date: 16 Dec 1999 13:43:59 PST


to whoever posted the url for the wnyc archives thank you! i've been
listening to the moog show all afternoon and loving every note of it. now a
question...how is moog pronounced? i always thought the double o in moog was
pronounced like the o in moo. but the d.j. pronounces it like mowg. have i
been wrong all these years?

    william

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Subject: Re: (exotica) thank you and a moog question
Date: 16 Dec 1999 16:42:42 -0500



>to whoever posted the url for the wnyc archives thank you! i've been
>listening to the moog show all afternoon and loving every note of it. now
>a question...how is moog pronounced? i always thought the double o in moog
>was pronounced like the o in moo. but the d.j. pronounces it like mowg.
>have i been wrong all these years?

Since it is German, it rhymes with Rogue.



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Subject: Re: (exotica) thank you and a moog question
Date: 16 Dec 1999 15:45:09 -0600


>now a question...how is moog pronounced? i always thought the double
>o in moog was pronounced like the o in moo. but the d.j. pronounces
>it like mowg. have i been wrong all these years?


moog rhymes with rogue


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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) ba ba ba doo wop
Date: 16 Dec 1999 17:41:08 -0500


For some reason, I always assumed "doo wop" was something unfamiliar, since
most of the group names were unfamiliar to me.
Then I saw PBS's "50 years of doo wop" and realized that I knew what doo
wop was after all.
Anyway partway through I realized that much of the time, the "backup
singers" were actually using "doo" and "wop" as the non-words they sang.
And I had a thought.  Not much of a thought mind you.  But..
Given that the terms "soft pop" is really meant to describe music with a
lot of harmony and chorus singing, as opposed to just pop that's soft..
And given that much of the time, the harmony singers on soft pop records
are singing "ba ba ba" with the occasional "da" thrown in...
Wouldn't it make sense to rename soft pop "ba ba ba"?
I know it sounds stupid.  "I really love all those late sixties ba ba ba
records".  Doesn't have the same impact of "doo wop".
But if everybody started calling it "ba ba ba", after a while it would
sound normal.
Maybe it would sound better as "ba ba ba da" with the emphasis on the "da".

Happy Festivus.

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) ba ba ba doo wop
Date: 16 Dec 1999 14:49:50 -0800 (PST)


ba ba ba???!!

Brings to mind ba ba lack sheep have you any wool, yes sir yes sir three bags
full.

The name "doo wop" has come under attack from vocal group enthusiats who I
understand are more rabid than spectropoppers or exoticats.

Now I was uncomfortable with the term "soft pop" until I realized the
Association, Cowsills, Sunshine Company  Spanky and the Gang, Free Design and
Harpers Bizarre are called "Sunshine Pop"  to differentiate it from "soft
pop"

You are perseptive though Nat there really are a lot of ba ba ba das in
Sunshine Pop


Ba da ba da da da da feelin groovy
Chuck

--- Nat Kone <[e-mail]> wrote:
 But.. Given that the terms "soft pop" is really meant to describe music with
a
> lot of harmony and chorus singing, as opposed to just pop that's soft..
> And given that much of the time, the harmony singers on soft pop records
> are singing "ba ba ba" with the occasional "da" thrown in...
> Wouldn't it make sense to rename soft pop "ba ba ba"?
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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) ba ba ba doo wop
Date: 16 Dec 1999 17:50:23 -0500


The way I see it, I don't use the term "Doo Wop" as I find it
belittling.  I am not out on a crusade to stop everyone, but I call it 50's
Harmony, because I don't call Classical Music "Toot Scrape Blow" (I reserve
that for Philip Glass :^) and I don't call Exotica "Caw! Caw!".  It levels
the playing field, in my mind.  "Doo Wop" sounds like baby words and at the
time, of course, many of the old guard thought it was garbage anyway.  So I
prefer my term to the more popular one.

Oodley Pop a Cow,
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
Date: 16 Dec 1999 14:56:17 -0800 (PST)


Been listening to "Jazz/Mystticism/exotica",  "Wind,  Sky and Diamonds",
and "Bacchanal"  by Gabor Szabo and I am wondering if he has other albums
like this, or other albums that are different yet better (more exotic) than
these three.

Thanks for your help

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) ba ba ba doo wop
Date: 16 Dec 1999 18:08:25 -0500


>he harmony singers on soft pop records
are singing "ba ba ba" with the occasional "da" thrown in...
Wouldn't it make sense to rename soft pop "ba ba ba"?


i have been describing it as "dub-a-dub-a-da" music for years.
people instantaneously know what you are talking about!

it is definitely my favorite form of EZ listening.

ba-ba-ba bye
ba-ba-bump




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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Bobby Hughes Experience
Date: 16 Dec 1999 18:54:02 -0500


At 4:06 PM -0500 12/16/99, Brian Karasick wrote:

>Also enjoyed the piece by a group called "Mo' Horizons" from
>Germany on the Jet Society compilation.  I'm seemingly
>discovering a whole new music genre here since these things are
>such a fusion of styles, I fear I've overlooked them only because
>they would be filed in a place I wouldn't necessarilty look.

There's amazing stuff coming out these days, which is why I feel we're in
the most creative period for new music in 20 years. If you like Bobby
Hughes and Mo Horizons, then look around for records by Soulstance,
Resident Filters, Mint Royale, Krafty Kuts, Skeewiff, Blue States, Rainer
Truby Trio, Los Chicharrons, Maxwell Implosion, Ceasefire, Le Hammond
Inferno, DJ You DJ Me, Ursula 1000........the list goes on and on. A nice
introductory compilation is "Kinky Beats" on the Lacerba label. It includes
some Now Sound tracks from the '70's interspersed with current breakbeat.

br cleve


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Subject: (exotica) Szabo
Date: 16 Dec 1999 19:35:42 EST


In a message dated 12/16/99 6:55:02 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Been listening to "Jazz/Mystticism/exotica",  "Wind,  Sky and Diamonds",
 and "Bacchanal"  by Gabor Szabo and I am wondering if he has other albums
 like this, or other albums that are different yet better (more exotic) than
 these three.
  >>

His Jazz Raga LP is quite exotic and is filled with sitars and tablas.  Some
of his diehard fans don't seem to like this LP, but I love it.

Sean


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Subject: Re: (exotica) ba ba ba doo wop
Date: 16 Dec 1999 20:24:52 -0500


> Wouldn't it make sense to rename soft pop "ba ba ba"?

So much of it depends on the inflection of the voice as one says 'ba ba ba'  I
think most people on this list know exactly what you are talking about .. its
spoken with a light, cascading voice - and it is very similar to Bump's
suggestion of "dub-a-dub-a-da"

For most of those not into exotica though, it brings up either the Black Sheep
analogy, or the more monotone bass of the Beach Boy's Ba- Ba- Ba- Barbara Ann -
which of course completely misses the point.

I like it though .... I wish the English written language gave us more
opportunite to express ourselves with singing vocal patterns.  Imagine the
world if it was more normal to sound like Ella Fitgerald rather than Dan
Rather.

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From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) twink
Date: 16 Dec 1999 17:31:43 PST


Found a record at the flea market today that I never knew existed and I am a
bit excited. Ken Nordine "Twink". Poetry by a man named Bob Shure. Silly
Little one minute conversations over beatnik jazz about things like bald
kneecaps and eye wigs. Man, Nordine is something else. I dont know if its
ever been released on cd, but if you see it, pick it up its really neat. Its
along the same lines as his "colors" LP.

viva la nordine!

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From: Wayno <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Those pesky CD Now coupons
Date: 16 Dec 1999 21:17:39 -0500


    There are coupons aplenty popping up on the web these days, but
I've been unable (actually unwilling) to use some of them because I can't
quite make the minimum purchase requirement. I'm specifically talking about
CD Now, who has been offering $10 discounts on purchases of at least $14.99
(shipping and taxes aren't included in the coupon eligibility
calculations). However, most domestic discs are priced at $13.99 or lower,
and their prices on imports are generally so high that ten dollars off
still isn't much of a deal.

    So... I'm wondering if anyone knows of any item in CD Now's
inventory that sells for a dollar or so, just enough to let you qualify for
that ten dollar savings. I've yet to find anything.

    Happy hunting!

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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Those pesky CD Now coupons
Date: 16 Dec 1999 21:16:26 -0500



I don't know about the availability of items for $1.00 - what I tend to
do is order two items at a time, which is still a good deal - it ends up
being $5 off per CD, and is still far less than I'd pay for them here,
assuming I could even find them in a store here (which is the main
reason I have to mail-order them).

gotta love those coupons.  gotta wonder how CDNow stays in business...

cheryl


Wayno wrote:
>
>         There are coupons aplenty popping up on the web these days, but
> I've been unable (actually unwilling) to use some of them because I can't
> quite make the minimum purchase requirement. I'm specifically talking about
> CD Now, who has been offering $10 discounts on purchases of at least $14.99
> (shipping and taxes aren't included in the coupon eligibility
> calculations). However, most domestic discs are priced at $13.99 or lower,
> and their prices on imports are generally so high that ten dollars off
> still isn't much of a deal.
>
>         So... I'm wondering if anyone knows of any item in CD Now's
> inventory that sells for a dollar or so, just enough to let you qualify for
> that ten dollar savings. I've yet to find anything.


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From: "Kristjan Saag" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Moog question
Date: 17 Dec 1999 03:17:59 +0100


 William wrote (Dec 16):

>now a question...how is moog pronounced? i always thought the double=20
>o in moog was pronounced like the o in moo. but the d.j. pronounces=20
>it like mowg. have i been wrong all these years?
---
I have it from the man himself - met him when he was in Sweden a few =
years ago. Both he and his wife use the Mogue-Rogue pronounciation. =
Somehow it goes better with the characteristics of the instrument as =
well...
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Subject: (exotica) [mega-obit] AP:Remembering Those Who Died in 1999
Date: 16 Dec 1999 10:38:33 -0500


December 16, 1999
          Remembering Those Who Died in 1999
          Filed at 8:43 a.m. EST
          By The Associated Press

          We got to know John F. Kennedy Jr. as a toddler, romping in the White
          House and saluting his father's coffin as the nation mourned.

          John-John grew into a handsome man, trying to remain friendly and
          unassuming, seemingly at odds with wealth and celebrity. He was 38 and
          piloting his private plane when it went down on a summer night off
          Martha's Vineyard.

          We got to know Joe DiMaggio in his prime, when his grace and power
          on the baseball field made him an idol. His 56-game hitting streak for the
          New York Yankees in the summer of '41 set a record that became one
          of the game's most enduring. His 1954 marriage to Marilyn Monroe
          didn't last but added to his legend.

          DiMaggio also left us this year, after a private battle with cancer. His
          reticence, obvious at the height of fame, reinforced the quiet of his later
          years.

          Among others:

          John Minor Wisdom, Frank M. Johnson Jr. and W. Arthur Garrity Jr.,
          three judges who issued landmark rulings on the issue of racial
          segregation, and Harry A. Blackmun, who wrote the Supreme Court
          decision legalizing abortion.

          Kings Hussein of Jordan and Hassan II of Morocco, who worked for
          peace in the Mideast and North Africa.

          Paul Mellon, billionaire philanthropist who gave the nation the East
          Building of the National Gallery of Art.

          Glenn Seaborg, who discovered plutonium and other elements, including
          one that bears his name.

          Gene Sarazen, golfing great of the 1920s and '30s, and Payne Stewart, a
          star of the '90s, whose trademark knickers on the course linked their
          eras.

          Here, a roll call of some of the figures who left their mark:

          ------ JANUARY:

          Jerry Quarry, 53. Popular heavyweight boxer who fought
          Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson as a top contender in the '60s
          and '70s, later lapsing into a punch-drunk fog. Jan. 3. Pneumonia,
          boxing-caused dementia.

          Carl Elliott, 85. Alabama Democrat who served eight terms in
          Congress and won a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for
          advocacy of education aid and moderate stand on race during
          segregation days. Jan. 9.

          Edgar Nollner Sr., 94. Last survivor of 1925 dog-team relay
          carrying diphtheria serum to Nome, Alaska, a run that inspired the
          Iditarod race. Jan. 18.

          Susan Strasberg, 60. Actress daughter of acting coach Lee
          Strasberg; played Anne Frank on Broadway. Jan. 21. Cancer.

          Charles Brown, 76. Pianist, singer and composer whose ``cool
          blues'' style influenced such artists as Ray Charles. Jan. 21.

          Cecil Smith, 94. The ``Babe Ruth of polo'' who over six decades
          won nearly every award in the sport. Jan. 21.

          Robert Shaw, 82. Raised the art of choral conducting to new
          heights as leader of the Robert Shaw Chorale. Jan. 25.

          Sarah Delany, 109. Sister of Bessie and co-author of ``Having Our
          Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years,'' a best-selling memoir
          on growing up black in pre-civil rights era. Jan. 25.

          Charles Luckman, 89. Industrialist and architect who helped design
          New York's Madison Square Garden and several Los Angeles
          landmarks. Jan. 26.

          ------ FEBRUARY:

          Paul Mellon, 91. Billionaire philanthropist of the arts; also set up
          Cape Hatteras (N.C.) National Seashore. Feb. 1.

          King Hussein of Jordan, 63. Grew from boy king to elder
          statesman, a symbol of endurance and a voice for peace in a
          landscape of crisis and war. Feb. 7. Cancer.

          Dame Iris Murdoch, 79. Modern British novelist admired for
          works such as ``A Severed Head'' and ``The Black Prince.'' Feb. 8.

          John D. Ehrlichman, 73. President Nixon's domestic affairs adviser
          imprisoned for 18 months for his role in the Watergate conspiracy.
          Feb. 14.

          Curtis Carlson, 84. Minnesota businessman took a $55 loan during
          the Great Depression and built it into the giant Carlson Companies
          Inc. Feb. 19.

          Andre Dubus, 62. Short-story writer acclaimed for collections such
          as ``Dancing After Hours.'' Feb. 24.

          Glenn Seaborg, 86. Nobel Prize-winning chemist who discovered 10
          atomic elements including plutonium and seaborgium. Feb. 25.

          Jose Quintero, 74. Tony Award-winning director whose landmark
          productions of ``Long Day's Journey into Night'' and other dramas
          renewed interest American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Feb. 26.

          John L. Goldwater, 83. Creator of comic book characters Archie,
          the red-haired, average teen-ager, and his friends Jughead, Betty
          and Veronica. Feb. 26.

          ------ MARCH:

          Dusty Springfield, 59. Husky-voiced soul singer of '60s with such
          hits as ``Son of a Preacher Man.'' March 2. Breast cancer.

          Harry A. Blackmun, 90. Retired Supreme Court justice wrote the
          1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. March 4.

          Stanley Kubrick, 70. Visionary cinema craftsman whose films such
          as ``Dr. Strangelove'' and ``A Clockwork Orange'' often reflected
          life's despairs. March 7.

          Joe DiMaggio, 84. Made the spectacular look easy and captivated
          the nation as dignified star of marquee New York Yankees during
          baseball's golden era. March 8.

          Yehudi Menuhin, 82. His youthful virtuosity as a violinist grew into
          one of the great musical talents of the century. March 12.

          Garson Kanin, 86. Prolific playwright who created the classic
          ``Born Yesterday'' for stage and screen. March 13.

          Harry Callahan, 86. His photos of the ordinary made him one of the
          most influential photographers of the century. March 15.

          Joe Williams, 80. Grammy winner who sang with every great jazz
          artist of the past half-century. March 29.

          ------ APRIL:

          Lionel Bart, 68. British lyricist and composer and creator of
          ``Oliver!'' and other musicals. April 3. Cancer.

          Early Wynn, 79. Fiercely competitive pitcher whose 300 wins,
          including five seasons with 20 or more, put him into Baseball Hall
          of Fame. April 4.

          Charlie Whittingham, 86. Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer who
          sent Ferdinand and Sunday Silence to Kentucky Derby victories in
          the 1980s. April 20.

          Senor Wences, 103. Master ventriloquist known to TV audiences
          for comic Spanish accent of his puppet-in-a-box Pedro and his
          falsetto-voiced hand puppet Johnny. April 20.

          Charles ``Buddy'' Rogers, 94. Star of 1927 movie ``Wings,'' the
          first to win best-picture Oscar; widower of screen legend Mary
          Pickford. April 21.

          Roman Hruska, 94. Conservative Republican and former Nebraska
          senator whose career was overshadowed by his comment that
          mediocre judges ``are entitled to a little representation'' on the
          Supreme Court. April 25.

          Al Hirt, 76. ``King of the Trumpet'' in the 1960s who won a
          Grammy for his hit ``Java.'' April 27.

          Rory Calhoun,76. Stalwart hero of Western movies and the TV
          series ``The Texan.'' April 28.

          ------ MAY:

          Oliver Reed, 61. British actor who played fearsome Bill Sikes in
          the 1968 musical ``Oliver!'' May 2. Apparent heart attack.

          Leon Hess, 85. Oil tycoon and owner of pro football's New York
          Jets. May 7.

          Sir Dirk Bogarde, 78. British star of more than 70 films, achieving
          his greatest fame in ``Death in Venice.'' May 8.

          Shel Silverstein, 66. Author and illustrator of children's books such
          as ``A Light in the Attic'' and ``Where the Sidewalk Ends.'' May
          10. Heart attack.

          Saul Steinberg, 84. Creator of hundreds of drawings for The New
          Yorker, including one of how the world looks to New Yorkers. May
          12.

          Meg Greenfield, 68. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who ran the
          editorial page at The Washington Post for 20 years. May 13. Lung
          cancer.

          Gene Sarazen, 97. Elegant, knickers-clad ``Squire'' of golf in the
          1920s and '30s was one of only four men to win golf's four major
          titles. May 13.

          John Minor Wisdom, 93. Last survivor of federal appeals court that
          forced the Deep South to end segregation. May 15.

          ------ JUNE:

          Mel Torme, 73. Singer of jazz and pop known as ``the Velvet Fog''
          for his warm vocals; co-writer of ``The Christmas Song.'' June 5.

          DeForest Kelley, 79. Crusty Dr. Leonard ``Bones'' McCoy on
          ``Star Trek'' who told fellow space travelers, ``I'm just a country
          doctor!'' June 11.

          Clifton Fadiman, 95. Radio host of ``Information Please''; shaped
          America's reading habits as senior judge for Book-of-the-Month
          Club. June 20.

          Sir John Woolf, 86. British producer who brought ``The African
          Queen'' and ``Oliver!'' to the screen. June 28.

          Allan Carr, 62. Produced ``Grease'' the movie and won a 1984
          Tony award for producing ``La Cage aux Folles'' on Broadway.
          June 29. Cancer.

          ------ JULY:

          Edward Dmytryk, 90. Directed films such as ``The Caine Mutiny''
          and went to prison as member of the Hollywood Ten during 1940s
          anti-Communist hysteria. July 1.

          Joshua Nkomo, 82. Father of Zimbabwe's fight for independence
          from white colonial rule, known to supporters as ``the old lion.''
          July 1.

          Sylvia Sidney, 88. Waiflike star of the 1930s nominated in 1973 for
          comeback role in ``Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams.'' July 1.

          Forrest Mars Sr., 95. Created M&Ms candies and built one of the
          biggest fortunes in America as head of the Mars candy empire. July
          1.

          Mario Puzo, 78. Romanticized the Mafia as the fiercely loyal
          Corleone family in ``The Godfather'' novel and subsequent
          Oscar-winning screenplays from it. July 2.

          Pete Conrad, 69. Apollo 12 astronaut and third man to walk on the
          moon, shouting ``Whoopee!'' as he hopped onto its dusty surface.
          July 8. Motorcycle accident.

          James S. Farmer, 79. Co-founder of Congress of Racial Equality
          who served alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights
          giants of the 1950s and '60s. July 9.

          Rep. George E. Brown Jr., 79. California Democrat and oldest
          member of the House; championed technological issues ranging
          from space race to the Internet. July 15.

          John F. Kennedy Jr., 38. Affable, athletic and handsome heir to
          Camelot who forged a life apart from the traditional politics and
          scandals that drew in much of his family. July 16. Private plane
          crash that also killed wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, 33, and
          sister-in-law Lauren Bessette, 34.

          David Ogilvy, 88. Master ad man who put eye-patch on the Man in
          the Hathaway Shirt and created the distinguished Commander
          Whitehead to pitch ``Schweppervescent'' mixers. July 21.

          King Hassan II of Morocco, 70. Ignored regional taboos to help
          forge Mideast peace and ruled his North African country for 38
          years. July 23.

          Frank M. Johnson Jr., 80. Federal judge who issued key rulings
          that helped bring down racial barriers in the South and improved
          treatment of prisoners and mental patients. July 23.

          Anita Carter, 66. Featured performer with country music's
          legendary Carter Sisters. July 29.

          ------ AUGUST:

          Willie Morris, 64. Former editor of Harper's magazine and one of
          Mississippi's most treasured writers of Delta stories from his
          childhood. Aug. 2. Heart attack.

          Victor Mature, 86. Handsome, brawny movie star of the 1940s and
          '50s who played Samson in ``Samson and Delilah'' and Doc Holliday
          in John Ford's ``My Darling Clementine.'' Aug. 4.

          Pee Wee Reese, 81. Hall of Fame shortstop and Brooklyn Dodgers
          captain who smoothed Jackie Robinson's entry into major league
          baseball. Aug. 14.

          Lane Kirkland, 77. Reunited major labor unions during presidency
          of AFL-CIO and was hailed by President Clinton as ``one of the
          towering figures in the American labor movement.'' Aug. 14.

          Leo Castelli, 91. One of the world's most influential art dealers who
          fostered careers of such painters as Robert Rauschenberg and
          Jasper Johns. Aug. 22.

          ------ SEPTEMBER:

          Allen Funt, 84. TV prankster-host of ``Candid Camera.'' Sept. 5.

          Herbert Stein, 83. Economist and chairman of the Council of
          Economic Advisers, was key in shaping President Nixon's
          economic policies. Sept. 8.

          Jim ``Catfish'' Hunter, 53. Former New York Yankees pitcher with
          five 20-game seasons, one perfect game and a Cy Young Award;
          became baseball's first big-money free agent. Sept. 9. Lou Gehrig's
          disease.

          W. Arthur Garrity Jr., 79. Federal judge whose 1974 order to
          desegregate Boston schools led to rioting and racial turmoil and
          resentment that lingered a quarter-century later. Sept. 16.

          Raisa Gorbachev, 67. Stylish and outspoken wife of the last Soviet
          leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. Sept. 20. Leukemia.

          George C. Scott, 71. Actor whose eagle profile and gravel-voiced
          air brought new life to Gen. George S. Patton and earned him an
          Oscar he refused to accept. Sept. 22.

          Judith Campbell Exner, 65. A reputed presidential mistress who
          claimed to have ferried messages between John F. Kennedy and
          Mafia boss Sam Giancana. Sept. 24. Breast cancer.

          Oseola McCarty, 91. Frugal washwoman who donated her $150,000
          savings to the University of Southern Mississippi. Sept. 26.

          ------ OCTOBER:

          Ted Arison, 75. Billionaire founder of Carnival Cruise Lines and an
          original partner in pro basketball's Miami Heat. Oct. 1.

          Akio Morita, 89. Co-founder of Sony Corp. who helped give new
          meaning to the words ``Made in Japan.'' Oct. 3.

          Martin S. Davis, 72. Reshaped Gulf & Western conglomerate into
          Paramount Communications, a publishing and entertainment
          powerhouse. Oct. 4.

          The Rev. Bruce Ritter, 72. Roman Catholic priest founded
          Covenant House shelters for homeless teens then resigned amid a
          sex scandal. Oct. 7.

          Wilt ``The Stilt'' Chamberlain, 63. NBA's second-leading scorer
          and leading rebounder who so dominated pro basketball that the
          league changed its rules. Oct. 12. Heart failure.

          James Elliott Williams, 68. One of the nation's most decorated
          Vietnam War heroes. Oct. 13.

          Julius Nyerere, 77. Tanzania's first president and a universally
          revered elder statesman instrumental in efforts to forge African
          unity. Oct. 14.

          Jean Shepherd, 78. His easy storytelling style on radio and in the
          film ``A Christmas Story'' earned comparisons to Mark Twain. Oct.
          16.

          John Chafee, 77. Longtime senator from Rhode Island who stood
          for moderation and environmental protection as other Republicans
          moved to the right. Oct. 24.

          Payne Stewart, 42. Pro golfer with trademark knickers and
          tam-o'-shanter cap and two U.S. Open titles. Oct. 25. Airplane
          crash.

          ------ NOVEMBER:

          Walter Payton, 45. Former Chicago Bears running back and leading
          rusher in NFL history. Nov. 1. Bile duct cancer.

          Daisy Bates, 84. Civil rights leader who helped nine black students
          break color barrier at Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
          Nov. 4.

          Primo Nebiolo, 76. Longtime head of International Amateur
          Athletic Federation who built track and field into a commercial
          empire. Nov. 7.

          Jacobo Timerman, 76. Argentine journalist who defied ruling
          military junta and wrote about his brutal treatment as a political
          prisoner in the 1970s. Nov. 11.

          Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 87. Descendent of railroad baron
          Cornelius Vanderbilt and a thoroughbred racing fixture for six
          decades. Nov. 12.

          Donald Mills, 84. Last of the singing Mills Brothers who broke
          racial barriers in radio, film and society. Nov. 13.

          Paul Bowles, 88. American author and composer best known for
          ``The Sheltering Sky'' and other novels set in North Africa. Nov.
          18.

          Horst P. Horst, 93. Photographer of the famous, including Harry
          Truman, Marlene Dietrich and Maria Callas. Nov. 18.

          Quentin Crisp, 90. Eccentric British-born writer, performer and
          raconteur best-known for his autobiography ``The Naked Civil
          Servant.'' Nov. 21.

          ------ DECEMBER:

          Edmond Safra, 67. Billionaire founder of the Republic National
          Bank of New York. Dec. 3. Arson fire in Monaco.

          Madeline Kahn, 57. Oscar-nominated actress-comedian best
          known for daffy and lusty characters in ``Paper Moon'' and Mel
          Brooks farces such as ``Blazing Saddles.'' Dec. 3. Ovarian cancer.

          Rose Bird, 63. First woman on California's Supreme Court, whose
          opposition to the death penalty led voters to remove her as chief
          justice. Dec. 4. Breast cancer.

          Robert A. Swanson, 52. Co-founder of Genentech Inc. and pioneer
          in biotechnology industry. Dec. 6. Brain cancer.

          Rick Danko, 56. Country boy from Canada who helped shape
          American rock 'n' roll as a bass player and singer with The Band.
          Dec. 10. Peter La Haye Sr. 59. Millionaire inventor of implantable
          lenses for cataract patients and other eye-saving products. Dec. 12.
          Private plane crash.

          Joseph Heller, 76. His darkly comic first novel ``Catch-22'' defined
          the paradox of the no-win dilemma and added a phrase to the
          American language. Dec. 12.
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    Mel Torme was revered as a singer's singer for his beautiful
phrasing and interpretation of lyrics. The average Joe knew him as
well, for the Christmas classic that begins, ``Chestnuts roasting
on an open fire...''
    Stanley Kubrick, with screen successes of ``Dr. Strangelove''
``Lolita'' and ''2001: A Space Odyssey,'' may have saved his best
for last. ``Eyes Wide Shut'' opened 12 years after ``Full Metal
Jacket'' and four months after his death.
    Yehudi Menuhin astounded generations of classical fans with his
violin technique. Mario Puzo created the unforgettable Corleone
family, and Donald Mills sang with The Mills Brothers -- an early
financial success among black musicians.
    They are among notables in the arts and entertainment world who
died in 1999. Others are:
     *------
 *JANUARY:
    Iron Eyes Cody, about 90. Longtime actor and ``Crying Indian''
in 1970s TV commercials, whose tear-stained face became symbol of
anti-litter campaign. Jan. 4.
    Michel Petrucciani, 26. Jazz pianist known for improvisation and
sense of harmony. Jan. 6. Lung infection.
    William H. Whyte, 81. Wrote ``The Organization Man,'' a best
seller in which he warned against corporate conformity. Jan. 12.
    Betty Lou Gerson, 84. Voice of villainess Cruella De Vil in
Disney's animated ''101 Dalmatians.'' Jan 12.
    Frances Godowsky, 92. As a young Frankie Gershwin tried out
songs for brothers George and Ira before becoming a respected
painter. Jan. 18.
    Lucille Kallen, 76. Only woman among comedy writers for Sid
Caesar's ``Your Show of Shows'' who were depicted in Neil Simon's
``Laughter on the 23d Floor.'' Jan. 18.
    Susan Strasberg, 60. Actress and daughter of acting coach Lee
Strasberg; played Anne Frank on Broadway. Jan. 21. Cancer.
    Charles Brown, 76. California blues pianist, singer and composer
whose ``cool blues'' style influenced such artists as Ray Charles.
Jan. 21.
    Robert Shaw, 82. Leader of the Robert Shaw Chorale and Atlanta
Symphony and Chorus. Jan. 25.
    Sarah Delany, 109. Sister of Bessie and co-author of ``Having
Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years,'' a best-selling
memoir on growing up black in pre-civil rights era. Jan. 25.
    Lili St. Cyr, 80. Premier stripteaser in later years of
burlesque. Jan. 29.
    Huntz Hall, 78. Star of more than 100 ``Bowery Boys'' and ``Dead
End Kids'' films in the 1930s-50s. Jan. 30.
     *------
 *FEBRUARY:
    Paul Mellon, 91. Used inherited fortune to set up Cape Hatteras
(N.C.) National Seashore and put van Goghs in American museums.
Feb. 1.
    Gwen Guthrie, 42. R&B singer and songwriter whose 1986 ``Ain't
Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent'' popularized the phrase ``no romance
without finance.'' Feb. 3. Uterine cancer.
    Dame Iris Murdoch, 79. Modern British novelist admired for such
works as ``A Severed Head'' and ``The Black Prince.'' Feb. 8.
    Buddy Wayne Knox, 54. Rrockabilly singer who led the charts with
``Party Doll'' in the 1950s. Feb. 14. Cancer.
    Andre Dubus, 62. Short-story writer acclaimed for collections
such as ``Dancing After Hours,'' Feb. 24.
    Jose Quintero, 74. Tony-winning director whose productions of
Eugene O'Neill plays including ``Long Day's Journey Into Night''
renewed interest in the American playwright. Feb. 26.
    John L. Goldwater, 83. Creator of the comic book characters
Archie, the red-haired, average teen-ager, and his friends Jughead,
Betty and Veronica. Feb. 26.
     *------
 *MARCH:
    Dusty Springfield, 59. Husky-voiced soul singer of '60s hits
such as ``Son of a Preacher Man'' and ``Wishin' and Hopin'.'' March
2. Breast cancer.
    Richard Kiley, 76. Baritone who won a Tony as Broadway's
original ``Man of La Mancha.'' March 5.
    Stanley Kubrick, 70. Visionary cinema craftsman whose films such
as ``Dr. Strangelove'' and ``A Clockwork Orange'' often reflected
life's despairs. March 7.
    Peggy Cass, 74. Won a 1957 Tony as secretary in ``Auntie Mame'';
reprised the role on film, and was a regular on TV quiz-show ``To
Tell the Truth.'' March 8.
    Yehudi Menuhin, 82. His youthful virtuosity as a violinist grew
into one of the great musical talents of the century. March 12.
    Garson Kanin, 86. Prolific playwright who created the classic
``Born Yesterday'' for stage and screen. March 13.
    Leon ``Lee'' Falk, 87. Creator of comic strips ``Mandrake the
Magician'' and ``The Phantom.'' March 13.
    Kirk Alyn, 88. Film's first Superman, in 1948. March 14.
    Harry Callahan, 86. His photos of the ordinary made him one of
the most influential photographers of the century. March 15.
    Ernest Gold, 77. Oscar-winning composer for ``Exodus'' who also
wrote scores for ``It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' and ``The
Secret of Santa Vittoria.'' March 17.
    Eric Stanton, 72. Drew pinup icon Bettie Page and lived to see
his once-taboo erotica as a coffee-table book. March 17.
    David Strickland, 29. Comically insecure music critic on NBC
sitcom ``Suddenly Susan.'' March 23. Suicide.
    Joseph ``Mighty Joe'' Young, 71. Guitarist who helped introduce
blues to mainstream America. March 24. Complications after spinal
surgery.
    Freaky Tah, 27. Of hip-hop group Lost Boyz, known for hits such
as ``Me and My Crazy World.'' March 28. Shot to death.
    Brock Speer, 78. Patriarch of gospel music's Speer Family and
sometime backup singer to Chet Atkins and Elvis Presley. March 29.
    Joe Williams, 80. Grammy winner who sang with every great jazz
artist of last half-century. March 29. Respiratory ailment.
     *------
 *APRIL:
    Jesse Stone, 97. Wrote ``Shake, Rattle and Roll''; helped
develop many hits for Atlantic Records. April 1.
    Lionel Bart, 68. British lyricist and composer and creator of
``Oliver!'' April 3.
    Lucille Lortel, 98. ``Queen of off-Broadway'' who brought
innovative actors, playwrights and productions to the stage. April
4.
    Red Norvo, 91. Credited with introducing xylophone to jazz;
performed with such greats as Charles Mingus and Frank Sinatra.
April 6.
    Ellen Corby, 87. Tart-tongued grandmother on TV's ``The
Waltons''; Oscar nominee for 1948 film ``I Remember Mama.'' April
14.
    David McCall, 71. Ad executive who created ``Schoolhouse Rock,''
Emmy award-winning 1970s educational cartoon. April 18. With wife,
Penny, 57, in car crash while helping refugees in Albania.
    Senor Wences, 103. Master ventriloquist known to TV audiences
for comic Spanish accent and his puppet-in-a-box Pedro (``S'OK?''
``S'awright!''). April 20.
    Charles ``Buddy'' Rogers, 94. Star of 1927 movie ``Wings,'' the
first to win best-picture Oscar; widower of screen legend Mary
Pickford. April 21.
    Al Hirt, 76. ``King of the Trumpet'' in the 1960s who won a
Grammy for his hit ``Java.'' April 27.
    Rory Calhoun, 76. Hero of Western movies of the '40s and '50s
and in ``The Texan'' TV series. April 28.
     *------
 *MAY:
    Oliver Reed, 61. British actor who played fearsome Bill Sikes in
the 1968 musical ``Oliver!'' May 2. Apparent heart attack.
    Sir Dirk Bogarde, 78. British star of more than 70 films,
achieving his greatest fame in ``Death in Venice.'' May 8.
    Dana Plato, 34. Child actress on popular TV series ``Diff'rent
Strokes.'' May 8. Apparent accidental drug overdose.
    Shel Silverstein, 66. Author and illustrator of children's books
such as ``A Light in the Attic'' and ``Where the Sidewalk Ends.''
May 10.
    Saul Steinberg, 84. Creator of hundreds of drawings for The New
Yorker, including one of how the world looks to New Yorkers. May
12.
    Meg Greenfield, 68. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who ran
the editorial page at The Washington Post for 20 years. May 13.
    Owen Hart, 34. Pro wrestling's ``Blue Blazer.'' May 23. Injuries
in fall during a stunt.
     *------
 *JUNE:
    Mel Torme, 73. Singer of jazz and pop known as ``the Velvet
Fog'' for his warm vocals; co-writer of ``The Christmas Song.''
June 5.
    Nancy Richards-Akers, 45. Wrote romance novels such as ``Devil's
Wager,'' ``Wild Irish Skies'' and ``Miss Wickham's Betrothal.''
June 5. Apparently murdered before husband's suicide.
    DeForest Kelley, 79. Crusty Dr. Leonard ``Bones'' McCoy on
``Star Trek'' who told fellow space travelers, ``I'm just a country
doctor!'' June 11.
    Clifton Fadiman, 95. Radio host of ``Information Please'';
shaped America's reading habits as senior judge for the
Book-of-the-Month Club. June 20.
    Sir John Woolf, 86. British producer who brought ``The African
Queen'' and ``Oliver!'' to the screen. June 28.
    Allan Carr, 62. Produced ``Grease'' the movie and won a 1984
Tony award for producing ``La Cage aux Folles'' on Broadway. June
29.
     *------
 *JULY:
    Edward Dmytryk, 90. Directed films such as ``The Caine Mutiny''
and went to prison as member of the Hollywood Ten during 1940s
anti-Communist hysteria. July 1.
    Sylvia Sidney, 88. Waiflike star of the 1930s nominated in 1973
for comeback role in ``Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams.'' July 1.
    Mario Puzo, 78. Romanticized the Mafia as the fiercely loyal
Corleone family in ``The Godfather'' novel and subsequent
Oscar-winning screenplays from it. July 2.
    Roberta Sherwood, 86. Torch singer known for ``Up a Lazy River''
and ``You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You.'' July 5.
    Helen Forrest, 82. Sang with big bands and with Dick Haymes on
recordings and long-running radio show. July 11.
    Stan Durwood, 78. Credited with creating the multiplex theater.
July 14.
    Gina Berriault, 73. Long-struggling author who won a National
Book Critics Circle award for her 1996 story collection ``Women in
Their Beds.'' July 15.
    Patricia Zipprodt, 74. Tony-winning costume designer for
``Cabaret'' and other shows. July 17.
    Sandra Gould, 73. Nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz on TV's
``Bewitched.'' July 20.
    Martin Agronsky, 84. Broadcast commentator who created the
``talking heads'' TV-news format and longtime host of ``Agronsky &
Company.'' July 25.
    Marguerite Cullman, 94. Helped finance original Broadway
productions of ``Oklahoma!'' ``South Pacific,'' ``Death of a
Salesman'' and ``A Streetcar Named Desire.'' July 25.
    Harry Edison, 83. Jazz trumpeter and onetime soloist with the
Count Basie Orchestra, known as ``Sweets'' for pleasing tone. July
27.
    Anita Carter, 66. Featured performer with country music's
legendary Carter Sisters. July 29.
     *------
 *AUGUST:
    Willie Morris, 64. Former editor of Harper's magazine and one of
Mississippi's most treasured writers of Delta stories from his
childhood. Aug. 2. Heart attack.
    Victor Mature, 86. Handsome, brawny movie star of the 1940s and
'50s who played Samson in ``Samson and Delilah'' and Doc Holliday
in John Ford's ``My Darling Clementine.'' Aug. 4.
    Brion James, 54, the murderous Leon in ``Blade Runner.'' Aug. 7.
Heart attack.
    Bob Herbert, 57. British promoter who created the Spice Girls
through trade magazine ads. Aug. 9. Car crash.
    Jennifer Paterson, 71. One of the ``Two Fat Ladies'' on the
British TV cooking show who joyfully salted recipes with political
incorrectness. Aug. 10.
    Frederick Hart, 56. Sculptor best known for the ``Creation
Sculptures'' at the National Cathedral and the ``Three Soldiers''
bronze statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Aug. 13. Lung
cancer.
    Leo Castelli, 91. Influential art dealer who fostered careers of
Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, among others. Aug. 22.
    Norman Wexler, 73. Oscar-nominated screenwriter and playwright
who looked at the grittier side of life in ``Joe,'' ``Saturday
Night Fever'' and ``Serpico.'' Aug. 23.
     *------
 *SEPTEMBER:
    Allen Funt, 84. TV prankster-host of ``Candid Camera.'' Sept. 5.
    Katie Webster, 63. Blues singer known as ``The Swamp Boogie
Queen'' for her piano style. Sept. 5. Heart attack.
    Ruth Roman, 75. actress who starred opposite Kirk Douglas, Gary
Cooper and Errol Flynn in screen dramas and survived a real-life
drama: the 1956 sinking of the Andrea Doria. Sept. 9.
    Charles Crichton, 89. Director of ``The Lavender Hill Mob'' and
other British comedies in the 1940s and 1950s -- and ``A Fish Called
Wanda'' a decade ago. Sept. 14.
    Harry Crane, 85. Co-creator of the TV sitcom ``The
Honeymooners'' and writer for Red Skelton, the Marx Brothers, Bing
Crosby and others. Sept. 14.
    George C. Scott, 71. Actor whose eagle profile and gravel-voiced
air brought new life to Gen. George S. Patton and earned him an
Oscar he refused to accept. Sept. 22.
    Ivan Goff, 89. Co-creator of the TV series ``Charlie's Angels''
and co-writer of films such as ``Man of a Thousand Faces.'' Sept.
23.
     *------
 *OCTOBER:
    Martin S. Davis, 72. Reshaped Gulf & Western conglomerate into
Paramount Communications, a publishing and entertainment
powerhouse. Oct. 4.
    Bernard Buffet, 71. French painter often decried at home but
revered abroad. Oct. 4.
    Robert ``Gorilla Monsoon'' Marella, 62. Rotund pro wrestler
turned TV announcer and World Wrestling Federation president. Oct.
6. Heart attack.
    Morris West, 83. Australian best-seller whose works include
``Children of the Sun'' and ``Shoes of the Fisherman.'' Oct. 9.
    Milt Jackson, 76. Jazz vibraphonist and longtime member of the
Modern Jazz Quartet. Oct. 9.
    George Forrest, 84. With Robert Wright wrote ``Stranger in
Paradise'' and ``Baubles, Bangles and Beads'' from the Tony-award
winning musical ``Kismet.'' Oct. 10.
    Josef Locke, 82. Irish singer whose romantic voice and colorful
life inspired 1992 film ``Hear My Song.'' Oct. 15.
    Terry Gilkyson, 83. Singer-songwriter of eclectic range of music
including ``The Bare Necessities'' for Disney's ``Jungle Book'' and
``Memories Are Made of This,'' a Dean Martin hit. Oct. 15.
    Glen Payne, 72, long-time lead vocalist of the Cathedrals gospel
group. Oct. 15.
    Jean Shepherd, 78. Raconteur often compared with Mark Twain for
his style on radio and in the film ``A Christmas Story.'' Oct. 16.
    Ella Mae Morse, 75. Her classic 1942 recording ``Cow Cow
Boogie'' sold a million copies and was a precursor to rock 'n'
roll. Oct. 16.
    Thomas Durden, 79. Wrote lyrics to Elvis Presley's ``Heartbreak
Hotel'' after reading of a suicide note that said, ``I walk a
lonely street.'' Oct. 17.
    Jim Moran, 91. Public relations man known for outrageous
publicity stunts such as selling an icebox to an Eskimo and
hatching an ostrich egg. Oct. 18.
    Jessie Lee Foveaux, 100. Her autobiography set off a bidding war
among publishers when she was 98. Oct. 23.
    Hoyt Axton, 61. Singer-actor who wrote song hits such as Three
Dog Night's ``Joy to the World.'' Oct. 26. Heart attack.
    Abraham Polonsky, 88. Director and screenwriter who worked under
pseudonyms after being blacklisted in McCarthy-era Hollywood. Oct.
26.
    Frank DeVol, 88. Wrote scores for more than 50 films and
received Oscar nominations for ``Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte,''
``Pillow Talk'' and ``Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.'' Oct. 27.
     *------
 *NOVEMBER:
    Mary Kay Bergman, 38. Actress whose voice was heard in ``Mulan''
and as the mothers of ``South Park'' characters Stan, Cartman and
Kenny. Nov. 11. Suicide.
    Gaby Casadesus, 98. French pianist known for duets with her
husband. Nov. 11.
    Donald Mills, 84. Last of the singing Mills Brothers. Nov. 13.
    Jay Moloney, 35. Onetime ``boy wonder'' talent agent who
represented Hollywood celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio and
Steven Spielberg. Nov. 16. Suicide.
    Doug Sahm, 58. Led rock band the Sir Douglas Quintet and
Grammy-winning Texas Tornados. Nov. 18. Heart disease.
    Paul Bowles, 88. American author and composer best known for
``The Sheltering Sky'' and other novels set in North Africa. Nov.
18.
    Horst P. Horst, 93. Photographer of the famous, including Harry
Truman, Marlene Dietrich and Maria Callas. Nov. 18.
    Alexander Liberman, 87. Artist and editorial director at Conde
Nast who influenced what women wore and how the media portrayed it.
Nov. 19.
    Quentin Crisp, 90. Eccentric British-born writer, performer and
raconteur best-known for his autobiography, ``The Naked Civil
Servant.'' Nov. 21.
    Ashley Montagu, 94. Anthropologist known for rigorous research
and witty, accessible writing in books such as ``The Natural
Superiority of Women.'' Nov. 26.
    Hazel Frederick, 91. Passerby with the quizzical look in the
intro to Mary Tyler Moore TV show in which Moore tossed her hat
into the air. Nov. 28.
    Gene Rayburn, 81. Jocular host who winked at double entendres on
TV's popular ``Match Game.'' Nov. 29.
     *------
 *DECEMBER:
    Joey Adams, 88. Veteran funnyman whose prolific career spanned
vaudeville, the Catskills, television and a newspaper column. Dec.
2.
    Charlie Byrd, 74. Versatile guitarist who fused Latin,
classical, and jazz styles Dec. 2.
    Mike Ockrent, 53. Directed long-running Broadway musicals ``Me
and My Girl'' and ``Crazy for You.'' Dec. 2. Leukemia.
    Madeline Kahn, 57. Oscar-nominated actress-comedian best known
for daffy and lusty characters in ``Paper Moon'' and Mel Brooks
farces such as ``Blazing Saddles.'' Dec. 3. Ovarian cancer.
    Joseph Heller, 76. His darkly comic first novel ``Catch-22''
defined the paradox of the no-win dilemma and added a phrase to the
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Subject: (exotica) Top Shows
Date: 16 Dec 1999 12:12:50 -0800 (PST)


A short list:

Blue Beats/Gary "US" Bonds/Isley Brothers/Soupy Sales;
Waterbury, CT, Spring 1965. Bonds and Isley's were
just incredibly kinetic, jumping, dancing, leaping.
The Isley's guitarist even played with his teeth and
behind his back! Soupy was good, too.

The Wildweeds; Cheshire Teen Center (YMCA), Cheshire,
CT, Spring 1966. Best band out of CT, ever.

Paul Butterfield Blues Band; Wallingford, CT, Summer,
1968. The Pigboy Crabshaw line-up, his swankest by
far. Hot summer day, skinny-dip in Mill River, had the
Galaxy 500 for the day, show was in a big open tent,
*very* mellow, man.

Elvis Costello/Nick Lowe; Shaboo, Storrs, CT, 1979 The
three-minute pop masterpiece lives on.

Pentangle; Waltham Middle School, Waltham MA, 1992(?)
Bert Jansch, Jaqui McShee, and John Renbourn briefly
re-united for a night of dreamy, delicate folk airs.
Sounding better than ever, too.

Craig

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Subject: Re: (exotica) ba ba ba doo wop
Date: 16 Dec 1999 17:44:40 -0500


> I know it sounds stupid.  "I really love all those late sixties ba ba ba
> records".

No actually, this makes a lot of sense.  I had this exact conversation with
my father over Thanksgiving.  I had jokingly mentioned that I spend more
time in the Easy Listening sections of music stores now, than in the regular
Pop sections.  This also tied into his making fun of me for just turning 30.
In any event, he asked me what I was listening to, and I said "You know, a
lot of those 60's records that have all the 'ba ba ba bas' on them."  He
laughed, and knew instantly what I was talking about.  So, maybe its not so
far-fetched after all.

> But if everybody started calling it "ba ba ba", after a while it would
> sound normal.


You have my vote!

-Kev



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Date: 16 Dec 1999 22:36:49 -0500


Announcing a new discussion list and website resource for
media-culture-politics!

*~*  Why Lacan?  Must Lacanian theories ultimately smuggle in a
foundationalism?  Does Zizek politicize or perhaps even radicalize Lacanian
theory with a critique of ideology?
*~*  Herzog's films; Chemical Brothers music/videos--desire and the
eroticizing gaze
*~*  Just how evil is postie theory.  < you know the drill  ;-) >
*~*  Art and Poetry and Science --what makes them Art and Poetry and
Science?  Why the distinction?  Who benefits and who doesn't?
*~*  What counts as CyberPunk?  Should we ask?

The above are just a taste of the conversations crystallizing at Pulp
Culture.  What is Pulp Culture?

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distinctive practices, customs, beliefs; 2. an appreciation for art,
literature, music;  3. improvement by care or training in a special
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Subject: Re: (exotica) twink
Date: 16 Dec 1999 22:38:17 EST


<< Found a record at the flea market today that I never knew existed and I am
a
 bit excited. Ken Nordine "Twink".

viva la nordine!>>

I'll drink to that - congratulations are in order here as you struck gold
Jonny Yuma.  Way to go! (no CD)

Any leads on where to find that Japanese Green Hornet reissue?

Speaking of Japanese, Preston's latest issue of Exotica/Et Cetera has a
little piece on "The Whimsical Music of Takashi Okada".  Okada and Hisaya
Macabe are aka the VAGABOND CINEMA POPS ARKESTRA.  there are a couple of
releases, "Promotional Only (from outer space) and "Who Wants The Hula Hoop"
on daisy world discs, but I have no idea where to find them.  I did a web
check and came up with another 9 track title "The Old Music Master" at Daisy
World's site - they have not replied to my email yet.  I talked to Preston
just today and hopefully he'll have more info soon on how to purchase.  In
the meantime, if any of you have any leads on availability, please let me
know.

I *finally* had my first listen to the Soulful Strings' MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS
(Cadet 1968) which showed up on my doorstep and it is one of the hippest,
coolest xmas LP's I've ever heard.  Includes the great Dorothy Ashby on harp
on many tracks and a truly amazing cover of Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
with Ron Steele on sitar.  Find it!


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From: "Stephen W. Worth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Discount CDs online
Date: 16 Dec 1999 20:05:44 -0800


Wayno <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I'm specifically talking about CD Now, who
>has been offering $10 discounts on purchases of at least $14.99
>(shipping and taxes aren't included in the coupon eligibility
>calculations). However, most domestic discs are priced at $13.99
>or lower, and their prices on imports are generally so high that
>ten dollars off still isn't much of a deal.

Just to add my own crass commercial plug... Spumco has struck a
deal with Tower Records to offer folks who click through the
banners on our site free shipping. The Tower website is usually
two or three bucks cheaper per disc than their retail store,
so it might end up being cheaper for you for small orders.
You have the added benefit of helping to make the next episode
of the Goddamn George Liquor Program happen that much sooner.
Go to http://www.spumco.com and click through the banner at
the top of the page.

I just got the new Esquivel CD at Tower for $13.99. For
comparison most of Esquivel's other albums are available as
low as $8.99 ($5.99 used). With free shipping that comes out
to be pretty cheap.

See ya
Steve

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From: Jim Gerwitz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) coupons, schmoupons
Date: 16 Dec 1999 21:33:45 -0800


Wayno wrote: <So... I'm wondering if anyone knows of any item in CD
Now's
> inventory that sells for a dollar or so, just enough to let you qualify for> that ten dollar savings. I've yet to find anything.>

CDnow knows what they are doing, the bastards, and apparently they are
now in merger talks with Columbia House!
I recently found a $3.99 Astrud gilberto CD with a disco version of
ipanema, another cut with Chet Baker half-nodded out and some other
decent stuff i don't think i have on her other records. It qualified me
for $15 off  $30 combined with the $27 Japanese Lizabeth Scott CD I just
HAD to have. And a tip of the fedora to chuckm, who recommends those
Cafe collections from the old Time and related labels - Cafe Bongo, Cafe
Java, etc,about $4 and not bad. Then You could always try a cheapo
cassette or CD single in the pop vocal or country genres.

A tip - save stuff to your wish list - you never know when something on
there will turn up on sale, and you won't mind spending a few more bucks
to save $10 or more - they had a Bardot greatest hits for $16 a few
weeks back, its now $23 - would have been great for a $14.99 coupon, but
then i saw and ordered her box set.  BTW, last winter they had a big
import sale. The coupon amounts vary - some are $10 off $19.99, so you
could get those two fine new girl group comps on West End (west side?)
records or a couple Del-Fi cheapos.

WWW.DVDpricesearch.com allows you to search for DVD's by price range
parameters (i.e more than $5 less than $10)at one or more on line
stores. This is useful for those Reel.com $10 off $25 coupons. Someone
in the forum at www.DVDtalk.com (a GREAT resource) asked if they had
something like that for CD's, but all anyone came up with were price
comparison sites(mysimon.com) where you already have to know what you
are looking for.

Or you could sell a John Wayne LP and Bedazzled on eBay and have $250
for a DVD player and get a really really nice look at Hanoi Jane in the
opening scenes of Barbarella. Or you could spend an hour a day for a
friggin month at one of those damn ad-click sites to earn CDNow gift
certificates, or this weekend go test drive an Oldsmobile Alero and get
a $50 CDnow gift certificate!!!

JB Le Noir


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From: Jamie LePage <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Most Performed Tune of Your Century
Date: 17 Dec 1999 15:53:18 +0900


Bump <[e-mail]> wrote:

> >>Performing rights group BMI has named "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "
> >>as the most-performed tune of the century. >
>
> WHAT B.S!!!    Aren't we lucky to be able to listen to so much cooler music?
> can i get a amen my brothas and sistas!

With all due respect, no amen from me. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "
is classic Brill Building pop, flawlessly executed by Phil Spector and
his army of top class studio musicians (many of whom are lauded here for
their work on more exotica-oriented recordings). Absolutely not trying
to start a flame war here or anything, but I do think the appreciation
of music should cross genre lines, and a great song (and great recording)
should transcend whatever walls we create by digging our own "niche" as
it were. It is very difficult for me to imagine anyone with a keen
appreciation of quality music so casually dismissing this great Phil
Spector/Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil composition.

Later Bump wrote:

>[soft pop] is definitely my favorite form of EZ listening.

OK. Common ground here! :-)

Jamie "ten people ten colors" LePage


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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Gabor Szabo
Date: 17 Dec 1999 02:17:52 -0500


At 02:56 PM 12/16/99 -0800, chuck wrote:
>
>Been listening to "Jazz/Mystticism/exotica",  "Wind,  Sky and Diamonds",
>and "Bacchanal"  by Gabor Szabo and I am wondering if he has other albums
>like this, or other albums that are different yet better (more exotic) than
>these three.

I don't have "Jazz/Mysticism" but I do have "Wind, Sky", "Bacchanal" PLUS
"1969" on Skye with versions of "Dear Prudence", "Walk Away Renee"...
"More Sorcery", a live album on Impulse, which is okay but avoidable
"Gypsy 66" on Impulse with Gary McFarland

and then
"His Greatest Hits" On Impulse, two record set
"The Best of Gabor Szabo", also on Impulse, one record.

One thing you can say is that none of those records is anything like "Wind,
Sky" which to me, is more of a "soft pop" or a "bababa" record.  It's more
a "California Dreamers" record than a Gabor record.  And given that the
California Dreamers "became" the soft pop heroes "The Love Generation", I
think I'm on fairly safe ground there.

The other thing you have to say is that Gabor was a (legitimate) jazz
guitarist, appearing on Chico Hamilton records, among others.  A lot of his
best stuff, for me, walks this fine line between "real jazz" and his exotic
"gypsy-influenced" Now sound.  But it's not all like that and occasionally
dips into straight jazz, which is less interesting for me.

If I wanted to be careful about his stuff, I'd just check out the tunes.
He does the only instrumental cover of the Nancy/Lee classic "Some Velvet
Morning" that I know of.  I'd buy anything of his where he covers pop
tunes.  I'd buy the other stuff too but I'd expect less.






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From: <Charles_Moseley/LON/Europe/[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) California Dreamers? Weekend finds
Date: 17 Dec 1999 10:25:21 +0000


With mention of the Califrnia Dreamers, I've just remembered a couple of
weekend puchases.

I got a reissue of Tom Scott and the California Dreamers. Don't remember
the title, very psychedelic cover, but is this what you mean by Soft Pop?
Very vocal without a lead vocal, quite jazzy and very 'soft'? This is an
unexplored genre for me and I know there's been a lot of discussion on the
list about this sort of stuff. Have I dipped my toe into the lake of soft
pop or have I just bought a jazz record thats pretending to be a soft pop
record? Is there even a difference?
Also picked up a bootleg compilation called Discotheque - very very similar
to In Flight Entertainment. Excellent choices of British easy listening and
hammond grooves but very badly pressed including one track which is
replicated on both sides, a big mark on the intro to the first track
(Augusto Alguero - very cool!) and 22 tracks in total so all very quiet.
The rest of my weekend finds were funk records so I'll leave it at that.

Charlie
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From: Ton Rueckert <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cheers!
Date: 17 Dec 1999 12:04:39 +0100




   (Reuters)  San Francisco, a bit envious of New York City's giant
   dropping "ball" to signal the arrival of the new year, is hoping
   to steal some attention by dropping a 10-foot "olive" into a seven-
   storey-tall martini on Union Square at midnight on December 31. "This
   is going to put San Francisco on the map as the 'Big Olive', just as
   New York is the 'Big Apple'," said a spokeswoman for the St. Francis
   Hotel, which is behind the stunt. But the Rev. Cecil Williams, who has
   plans for a open-air prayer vigil on Union Square, is aghast. "Is this
   the kind of message to be sending on the new millennium?" he asked,
   adding the spectacle will be a "distraction" from his services. But the
   St. Francis defends its plans. "We are entirely respectful of the
   interfaith community, but we feel that the martini is an icon of
   today's world," their spokeswoman said.





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From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Discount coupons
Date: 17 Dec 1999 09:31:51 -0500


Bob wrote:

> > What with those $5 and $10 off coupons they offer, I couldn't >
>help myself...
> I was just wondering where one finds one of those $10 coupons
It was someone on this list that first discovered the Deardeer site.
Since we have to endure so much advertising anyway on the web,
its only fair we should get someting back in return. This site finally
delivers!  Here it is:

http://i.am/deardeer


Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Early Wright
Date: 17 Dec 1999 10:55:43 -0500


December 17, 1999
          Early Wright, 84, Disc Jockey Who Made
          the Delta Blue, Dies
          By DOUGLAS MARTIN
              Early Wright, who became a legend in the blues-drenched
               Mississippi Delta as one of the South's earliest black disc jockeys,
          died in a Memphis hospital on Dec. 10. He was 84.

          For more than half a century, Mr. Wright broadcast blues and gospel to
          the people of the Delta on radio station WROX, seldom identifying artists
          or song titles on the assumption that listeners should already know them.
          The giants of the blues -- B. B. King, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy
          Williamson, Robert Nighthawk and Pinetop Perkins among them --
          played live on his shows. In the early 1950's, he provided Ike Turner
          with one of his earliest steady gigs; Mr. Turner's band sometimes played
          for an hour.

          "That was a beautiful record I dropped on you for your listening
          pleasure," Mr. Wright would say, often as cars honked in appreciation
          outside the WROX studio at the corner of Third and Yazoo in
          Clarksdale, Miss., where he also lived. One night an obscure Mississippi
          country boy showed up. His name was Elvis Presley, and he impressed
          Mr. Wright with his politeness and showmanship. "He always had a
          motion, you know," the disc jockey said.

          But it was a folksy, countrified style that most characterized Mr. Wright's
          broadcasting approach. In 1988 Living Blues Magazine told of the time
          he plunged into a five-minute rap about an infestation of snakes in black
          neighborhoods. "I want to let you know that some snakes has been seen
          in the Roundyard neighborhood," he began. "The grass has grown up
          around the sidewalk and the snakes has been seen, looking for water."

          He ignored prepared advertising copy, preferring to extemporize. "At the
          M & F Grocery and Market, the aisles are so big that two shopping
          carts can pass each other and never bump into each other," he once said.
          "And everything in the store has a price on it. You don't have to worry
          about what it costs because the price is right there on it."

          The result was that "everybody in Clarksdale thought he was talking
          directly to them," said Jim O'Neal, a writer and record producer who
          was the founding editor of Living Blues. He said Mr. Wright "represented
          radio as close to the center of the community as you can get."

          Guy Malvezzi of Connerly's Shoe Store in Clarksdale agreed. "You got
          your money's worth with Early," he said.

          About a decade ago, Mr. Wright began to be given honors unimaginable
          in 1947 when he became Mississippi's first black disc jockey. Clarksdale
          named the road that went past his neat brick house, the one with two
          pink flamingos in the front yard, Early Wright Drive. The Center for
          Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi established a
          scholarship in his name.

          Mr. Wright once said he was born on a farm at 3 a.m. on a Monday in
          1915 in Jefferson, Miss. In 1937, he moved to Clarksdale and used his
          expertise as a mechanic to open an auto repair business. He was
          part-time manager of a gospel group, the Four Star Quartet, when his
          announcement for the group caught the ears of WROX. The
          white-owned station offered him a job in 1947.

          After consulting his preacher to make sure there was nothing sinful about
          playing blues records on the radio, Mr. Wright decided to give it a try.
          He did it six days a week almost until his death, on what became one of
          America's longest-running radio programs. From 6 o'clock to 9, he was
          the "Soul Man," playing the blues. For the last two hours, he was
          "Brother Early," playing gospel music.

          In 1997, Mr. Wright survived multiple bypass heart surgery. Three
          months later his daughter, Barbara, died of lung cancer at 41. Between
          his surgery and his daughter's funeral, the station was sold. Mr. Wright
          decided to retire. He had a heart attack on Nov. 8.

          Another daughter, Patricia, died of a brain tumor in 1981 at age 29. Mr.
          Wright is survived by his wife, Ella; two sisters, Annie Lott of
          Youngstown, Ohio, and Genell Haggan of St. Louis; two brothers, Julius
          Johnson of Chicago and J. T. Johnson of Casper, Wyo.; and seven
          grandchildren.

          Mr. Wright, who was seldom seen without a coat and tie, once said he
          "grew up on the hard part of the highway." He is remembered for his
          personalized stream of patter. In a typical program, as reported in The
          New York Times in 1989, he would introduce "an extinguished guest,"
          then play the blues of Bobby Rush or the gospel of the Mighty Sons of
          Glory, then rhapsodize about Dip's Drive-in Laundromat. Community
          news -- for instance, who was about to be "funeralized" -- might follow.

          He always had time for a commercial, like this one for a local store:

          "They have a full-figured dry goods store specializing in large sizes with
          stockings up to size 200. Wow!" he said. "Under the same roof is Miss
          Louise's Typing Service. She can do letterheads, obituaries, funeral
          directories, term papers.

          "She's a wonderful person. Go tell her you heard about her on the radio."
--------------
                          *Frances Patzman
    BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Frances Patzman, who at 110 years old was
older than her home state, died Wednesday, just weeks shy of seeing
her third century.
    She celebrated her 110th birthday in October.
    Her daughter-in-law, Ellen Patzman, said she was looking forward
to reaching 110.
    ``She mentioned that many times. And we said, 'Grandma, then
you've got to make it to January and you'll have lived in the 19th,
20th and 21st centuries,''' Ms. Patzman said.
    Mrs. Patzman was born on Oct. 12, 1889, in Germany. North
Dakota, where she lived most of her life, became a state Nov. 2, of
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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Milton A. Rudin
Date: 17 Dec 1999 10:57:49 -0500


December 17, 1999
          Milton A. Rudin, 79, Lawyer for Sinatra
          and Other Stars
          By TODD S. PURDUM,NYTimes

             LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 -- Milton A. Rudin, an entertainment
               lawyer who represented celebrities from Marilyn Monroe to Liza
          Minnelli and who for more than 30 years was Frank Sinatra's chief
          counsel, defender, investment partner and friend, died Monday of
          pneumonia at a rehabilitation center near his home in Beverly Hills, Calif.
          He was 79.

          In a career of more than 50 years, Mr. Rudin, who was known as
          Mickey, stood in the thick of the Hollywood swirl. He was often called
          on to answer questions about Sinatra's gambling interests and the singer's
          acquaintances with underworld figures, and repeatedly filed lawsuits over
          accounts in the news media that he saw as unflattering, unfair or
          infuriating. As Marilyn Monroe's lawyer and the brother-in-law of her
          analyst, Ralph Greenson, he was among the first on the scene when the
          star died of a drug overdose in 1962.

          Thickset and jowly, Mr. Rudin had cameo roles in four movies, twice
          portraying a judge, leading his clients to give him the nickname "The
          Judge." His other clients included Lucille Ball and Desilu Studios, for 25
          years; Warner Brothers, for 30 years; the moguls Marvin Davis, Steve
          Ross and Stephen A. Wynn; plus Elizabeth Taylor, Norman Lear, the
          Jackson Five and the Aga Khan. He represented Ms. Minnelli from the
          beginning of her career until he effectively retired last summer.

          "He was a one-of-a-kind good friend, great lawyer and also a very funny
          guy in a kind of an ominous way," said the veteran television producer
          and director George Schlatter, a friend for 35 years and a client for 15.

          Mr. Rudin, a New York City native, was a graduate of the University of
          California at Los Angeles, and of Harvard Law School. He cut his teeth
          in entertainment law here in the 1950's in the firm of Martin Gang, a
          pioneer in the field, who became well known in the era of Senator Joseph
          McCarthy for helping arrange testimony before the House Un-American
          Activities Committee by "friendly" entertainers seeking to avoid the
          blacklist.

          But it was Mr. Rudin's association with Sinatra that brought him the most
          prominence, as a public spokesman and private adviser, responsible for
          some of the most delicate tasks. According to "Sinatra, Behind the
          Legend," J. Randy Taraborrelli's 1997 biography, it was Mr. Rudin who
          handled Sinatra's divorce from Mia Farrow, told the singer's
          disapproving mother, Dolly, that Sinatra was marrying his fourth wife,
          Barbara Marx, and informed Sinatra of the death of his second wife, Ava
          Gardner.

          Mr. Rudin also advised Mr. Sinatra on business matters, and the two
          once joined in an unsuccessful bid to take over the Del E. Webb
          Corporation, which owned several hotel-casinos in Nevada. In later
          years, Mr. Rudin's focus shifted to libel and copyright actions defending
          the star's reputation.

          A particular nemesis was the author Kitty Kelley, whom Mr. Rudin twice
          sued unsuccessfully, first seeking to halt publication of "My Way," her
          unauthorized 1986 biography of Sinatra. That suit was eventually
          dropped, but Mr. Rudin later filed a libel suit accusing Ms. Kelley of
          ruining his practice by thanking him as a source for her 1991 biography
          of Nancy Reagan, which suggested an affair between the First Lady and
          Sinatra. In 1995, a Federal appeals court upheld dismissal of the suit,
          saying that Mr. Rudin could not prove he had been harmed.

          Mr. Rudin also sued Barron's for defamation because it once referred to
          him as Sinatra's mouthpiece, but a judge dismissed that suit, too, ruling
          that "the average Barron's reader" would not consider the term
          defamatory.

          In 1987, he and Sinatra ended their lawyer-client relationship for reasons
          that were never made clear, but they remained friendly, and Mr. Rudin
          attended the singer's funeral in 1998.

          "It was like a divorce," said Lee Solters, a longtime publicist for both
          men. "More friendly afterwards."

          Mr. Rudin was active in many philanthropic causes and had served as a
          trustee of Reed College and as past regional board chairman of the
          Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

          He is survived by his wife, Mary Carol; a son, Michael, of Santa
          Barbara, Calif.; and two daughters, Pamela, of Irvine, Calif., and Lisa
          McGrady of Reno.




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Subject: Re: (exotica) coupons, schmoupons
Date: 17 Dec 1999 11:06:47 -0500



Jim Gerwitz wrote:

> Or you could sell a John Wayne LP and Bedazzled on eBay and have $250
> for a DVD player and get a really really nice look at Hanoi Jane in the
> opening scenes of Barbarella.

For those of us that don't have the Bedazzled LP, and don't want to
purchase it on eBay, and are lucky enough to get Bravo on TV, they are
broadcasting Bedazzled tonight at 9 pm (eastern) - I'm not sure if the
US Bravo station will be running it, but it will be on in Canada.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) the tale of two Bravos (was coupons, schmoupons)
Date: 17 Dec 1999 11:40:32 -0500


>For those of us that don't have the Bedazzled LP, and don't want to
>purchase it on eBay, and are lucky enough to get Bravo on TV, they are
>broadcasting Bedazzled tonight at 9 pm (eastern) - I'm not sure if the
>US Bravo station will be running it, but it will be on in Canada.

Bravo Canada and Bravo US are totally different animals, totally different
schedules. Bravo US is the one that cuts the movies to bits and adds lots
of commercials.

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Date: 17 Dec 1999 11:48:07 -0500


>schedules. Bravo US is the one that cuts the movies to bits and adds >lots of commercials.


And registered a service mark in the phrase "world cinema" which they used to threaten my independent website (at the time called "World Cinema Review") with a law suit.  Brief version of story at

http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/wcr.htm


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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) What is the First Babada Sunshine Pop Song?
Date: 17 Dec 1999 09:13:15 -0800 (PST)


 With this discussion about "Sunshine Pop"  as performed in the mid?/late 60s
by the Association, Harpers Bizarre, Spanky etc,,   I have been wondering
what might be the first sunshine pop song?   Any suggestions are welcome.

As food for thought,  Leslie Gore's "Sunshine Lollipops"  certainly contains
many elements of Sunshine Pop.  However, its only double tracked with group
vocals in the background.  If  the song was harmonized with a few vocalists
or the  group vocals were more up front this would be a perfect fit.

Its good to see you post again on the list Jamie and I certainly agree with
you about "You've Lost That Lovin Feelin" ,  what an impressive group of
talent came together to produce this classic!

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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From: Kerry <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [Fwd: Tom Cruise in Tune With 'Meet the Shaggs' Project
Date: 17 Dec 1999 11:22:45 -0600



Oh my lord.....


> Tom Cruise in Tune With 'Meet the Shaggs' Project
> By Oliver Jones
>
> NEW YORK (Variety) - Tom Cruise is going low-fi.
>
> His production company has optioned a New Yorker article called ``Meet the
> Shaggs,'' about an obscure pop group decreed by Frank Zappa to be ``better
> then the Beatles.''
>
> Cruise, along with his producing partner Paula Wagner, will develop the
> project through the duo's Paramount-based shingle, C/W Prods. The article
> was written by New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean, whose novel ``The
> Orchid Thief'' is being turned into a feature at Columbia Pictures.
>
> Orlean's Shaggs article follows the group's rise, fall and eventual
> rehabilitation. Formed in the hamlet of Freemont, N.H., the Shaggs consisted
> of the Wiggins sisters, three shy, awkward teenagers with unfortunate
> haircuts and thick New England accents. Despite their lack of musical
> interest or ability, their Dad forced them to record a rock album because
> his mother had a premonition that they should.
>
> They went on to make 1972's ``Philosophy of the World,'' a record that was
> commercially DOA until Zappa heard it. Rock historians have since
> rediscovered the record (available on CD from RCA Victor), declaring that
> its arrhythmic, out-of-tune bleating augured every dissonant music movement
> from Ornette Coleman to Sonic Youth. Two of the sisters performed in
> November at NRBQ's 30th anniversary celebration at the Bowery Ballroom.
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991217/re/film_shaggs_1.html
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Subject: (exotica) blank media levy
Date: 17 Dec 1999 14:01:49 -0500


Canadian brethren & sistren, stock up on blank media post haste. A new tax
levy is going into effect.

http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/news-e.html


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From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) twink
Date: 17 Dec 1999 14:06:48 -0500


At 10:38 PM -0500 12/16/99, [e-mail] wrote:

>Any leads on where to find that Japanese Green Hornet reissue?

drop a line to-
[e-mail]

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Subject: Re: (exotica) coupons, schmoupons
Date: 17 Dec 1999 12:25:16 -0800 (PST)


You might also try putting in a label search.  The Cafe Bongo is on a chepo
llabel and laserlight label search turns up some goodies.

Thanks Jim for the tipped fedora and you gotta love the smell of those cds
with the actual coffee beans in the spine!   I learned about these from
another exoticat.

Easy listening in the Big Easy

Chuck
--- Jim Gerwitz <[e-mail]> wrote:

 And a tip of the fedora to chuckm, who recommends those
> Cafe collections from the old Time and related labels - Cafe Bongo, Cafe
> Java, etc,about $4 and not bad. Then You could always try a cheapo
>
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) El Records Christmas Cd
Date: 17 Dec 1999 12:33:36 -0800 (PST)


I understand El records aka Mike Alway records,  has a Christmas cd out
available at other music.   I'm expecting this to be modern day soft pop
classic.
As Mo has pointed out a few times on the list, Mike Alway has his hands in
many soft pop modern day projects.   Theres also a new childrens cd on the
Siesta label  like Algebra Speghetti, that he's involved in.

I'm going to my post office now to see if they have arrived

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) California Dreamers? Weekend finds
Date: 17 Dec 1999 15:51:30 -0500


At 10:25 AM 12/17/99 +0000,
Charles_Moseley/LON/Europe/[e-mail] wrote:
>
>With mention of the Califrnia Dreamers, I've just remembered a couple of
>weekend puchases.
>
>I got a reissue of Tom Scott and the California Dreamers. Don't remember
>the title, very psychedelic cover, but is this what you mean by Soft Pop?
>Very vocal without a lead vocal, quite jazzy and very 'soft'?

I don't know that particular record but if it's got those Dreamers, then
yes you probably have unwittingly dipped your toe into the vast pond of
soft pop.
(Or bababada as we like to call it.)
If it's anything like Gabor Szabo's "Wind, Sky etc", it's probably got a
bit too much "jazz" and instrumental soloing to qualify as classic soft
pop.  But it's definitely a related item.  The California Dreamers
themselves were classic soft poppers and released record(s) under the name
"The Love Generation".
You can't really generalize about the stuff enough to say that usually
there's no lead vocal or that the singing is very jazzy.
Think of the Ray Conniff singers with slightly longer hair or a couple of
guitars in the mix.  Think of The Lettermen when they started covering rock
tunes.
Think of the Beach Boys doing less rockin material like "In my Room".
It's really just a subgenre of late sixties pop/rock that's been "elevated"
to a full blown genre.  But if you have any late sixties/early seventies
"rock" records, you probably have some soft pop lurking there.



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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) What is the First Babada Sunshine Pop Song?
Date: 17 Dec 1999 16:15:48 -0500


At 09:13 AM 12/17/99 -0800, chuck wrote:
>
> With this discussion about "Sunshine Pop"  as performed in the mid?/late 60s
>by the Association, Harpers Bizarre, Spanky etc,,   I have been wondering
>what might be the first sunshine pop song?   Any suggestions are welcome.
>
>As food for thought,  Leslie Gore's "Sunshine Lollipops"  certainly contains
>many elements of Sunshine Pop.

Well it depends on what you think the hallmarks of bababada are.  Is it
more the sunshiney lyrics and themes or is it more the bababada chorus
singing?
If it's the chorus singing, it would be hard to identify the first song
because that kind of vocal arrangement goes back to so many other genres of
music.
Brian Wilson says he studied the vocal harmonies of uh.. I'm going to get
this wrong... The Freshmen?  Or the Brothers something?  Brothers Four?
Then there's all those folk trios and quartets.  You could call The Mamas
and The Papas one of the first sunshine pop bands but they morphed out of
groups like the Kingston Trio that had a similar but folkier sound.
Same with the First Edition who had elements of sunshine pop before Kenny
Rogers was pushed out front.
One day they had cardigans and short hair and sang protest songs; the next
day they combed their hair forward, put on flowing robes and sang about
peace and love.
So if you're talking about the roots of the genre, you'd have to go back
before Lesley Gore.  But if you're talking about the first "official"
bababada group,  I'd have to choose The Association.

(Also you're sort of confusing the issue by bringing Sunshine pop into the
mix.  What's the difference between soft pop and sunshine pop?)





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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) blank media levy
Date: 17 Dec 1999 16:26:49 -0500


At 02:01 PM 12/17/99 -0500, m.ace wrote:
>
>Canadian brethren & sistren, stock up on blank media post haste. A new tax
>levy is going into effect.

Yeah it's a bummer.  It was supposed to go into effect last April and when
it didn't, I thought they had changed their mind after reading my protest
letters.
But unless I'm reading it wrong, it's way way less onerous than they were
talking about originally.  When the bill was passed, they were talking
about levying a per-minute charge.  As much as five cents a minute.  So a
90 minute tape would cost an extra four dollars and fifty cents,
effectively tripling the cost.
All so Celine Dion would be able to afford to buy eggs and sperm from
supermodels without dipping into her direct royalties.
It seems like it's basically twenty five cents on a tape and sixty cents on
a CDR which certainly adds up but is nothing like those greedy bastards in
the music industry wanted.
But I'm going to stock up anyway if it's not too late.  Hopefully my guy
hasn't read the paper yet.





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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Date: 17 Dec 1999 15:27:11 -0600


With the holidays soon upon us, we've added the annual Retro
Cocktail Hour Christmas show to our web page a few days early!
You'll find Yuletide-flavored goodies by Esquivel, The Three Suns,
Billy May, Duke Ellington, Les Baxter, The Soulful Strings and lots
more.

We'll sample most of the exotic Christmas classics, from The
Three Suns' "A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas" and Esquivel's "The
Merriest of Christmas Pops" to rarities by the Randy van Horne
Singers, Art Carney (!) and Marco Rizo (dig his Latin version of
"Sleigh Ride"). Also, something new by the a capella quartet Vox
Bop -- imagine "We Three Kings" colliding head-on with the
"Mission: Impossible" theme!

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, go to:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

You'll need a minimum 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer.  If
you dial us up, please let us hear from you!

Thanks for the space, and happy holidays to all!

Darrell Brogdon
[e-mail]
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Such a deal on Stomp!
Date: 17 Dec 1999 16:39:38 -0500


=46or you Mac folk, the Stomp CD labeler from Bottom Line, a great source fo=
r
savings on all things Apple. And they ship all over the world from Planet
Austin. Catalog and sign up for their weekly specials eletter at
http://www.bldistribution.com/. Some good deals on CDRWs too.

Stomp Inc. CD/DVD Stomper Labeling System
Part Number : 7215
Old Price   : $39.99
New Price   : $9.99*
http://www.bldistribution.com/bld_desc.t?af=3D64774226&edp=3D21411
19.99 + 10 mail in rebate with the purchase of a label refill kit, part #721=
7

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From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  Those pesky CDNow coupons
Date: 17 Dec 1999 17:21:38 -0800


This problem surfaced recently on another music list I'm on.  A more
devious approach was sent in by someone, whose solution is below.  The
indomitable ingenuity of the human spirit, blah, blah, blah.

-- Brad

> Have you ever wanted to use a CDNow coupon, but after you ordered your
> items you were still short of the minimum purchase requirement for the
> coupon?  There's a way to get around this.
>
> Suppose you have a coupon worth $15.00 off, with a minimum purchase of
> $29.99.  After putting the CDs you want in your shopping cart, your total
> is only $21.99.  If the items in your shopping cart are "in stock", find
> another disc costing more than $8.00 (putting your total over the $29.99
> minimum), but make sure that the item will have to be BACKORDERED (i.e.
> not in stock).
>
> When you check out, specify that you want the items shipped separately as
> they become available (this is the default option, so you shouldn't have
> to do anything).  When the "in stock" items become available, they will be
> shipped immediately and you'll be notified via e-mail.  The e-mail will
> show that the FULL AMOUNT of the coupon was applied to this first
> shipment!
>
> You can now CANCEL the backordered item.  You won't be charged for this
> CD, and the $15.00 coupon is applied to the $21.99 worth of items that are
> already in the mail.  Using this method, I got the new Mr. Scruff
> album on Ninja Tune AND the new Blame 2xCD "Two Revolutions" for a
> total of $11.81, including tax and shipping.
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) What is the First Babada Sunshine Pop Song?
Date: 17 Dec 1999 14:43:36 -0800 (PST)


Soft pop is best exemplified by the Teddy Bears' To Know Him is To Love Him,
 or the wonderful Fleetwoods, or Donna by Ritchie Valens,.   This soft pop
continued unabashedly through the 60's into the early 70's  and believe it or
not it was around in the 80s and is blooming on fertile ground in the 90's on
the Siesta label and various other labels.

The first soft pop song I think is Gonna Get Along Without You Now,  (1956).


Our own Jill Mingo first alerted me to the term "Sunshine Pop" to describe
the bababada music of the late 60's Association, Mamas & Papas(I keep hearing
Monday Monday's ba da ba baba das)   as opposed to the Fleetwood's style of
soft music.

Then the releases came out on Sequel with the name Sunshine Pop and other
releases such as the great  Sunshine Days collections on Varese Sarraband
label came out and it seemed like consensus that this describes well the
vocal harmony groups with the bababadas and the late 60's hippy influence.
DjJimmy also mentioned the folk influence.

I think your bababada is a great test to determine if the song is soft pop or
sunshine pop.

ba,   ba,,,   ba ba ba da
ba,   ba,,,   ba ba ba da
Chuck

--- Nat Kone  wrote:
> (Also you're sort of confusing the issue by bringing Sunshine pop into the
> mix.  What's the difference between soft pop and sunshine pop?)





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From: "Kristjan Saag" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Obituaries
Date: 18 Dec 1999 00:48:12 +0100


Some days half of this list consists of obituaries. What's this got to =
do with exotica? It may be that a profound interest in easy listening =
music of the 50:s seems morbid in itself, but that's no reason to flood =
everyone of us with data about who has died and how and when. I=B4n =
fact, in the land of echoed strings and theremins everyone is eternally =
young, floating on a sout sea wave. That's the reason for listening to =
that damned stuff! So quit that lugubrious undertaking, will ya, or =
leave it to the undertakers' mailing list!
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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Obituaries
Date: 18 Dec 1999 00:20:12 -0000


Kristjan Saag wrote:

> Some days half of this list consists of obituaries. What's this got to do
> with exotica?

Oh yes, this old chestnut again...!  I was the last person to object
to these postings but still they carry on.

I have to say, though, it is of interest to know when luminaries in
the genre pass on (and this week it was particularly sad to hear
about Walt Levinsky's passing) but there do seem to be many
many obituaries which are completely irrelevant to this list...


Robbie


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From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Liza!
Date: 17 Dec 1999 19:34:30 -0500


A friend took me to Liza Minnelli's comeback show at New York's Palace
Theater yesterday, and I just have to share. It definitely was one of the
weirdest, creepiest, most oddly intoxicating spectacles I've ever seen.

First of all, a lot of the arrangements were very Copa circa 1963 and the
orchestra kicked ass, so we were shimmying in our seats. And then, what can
I say: the mold has been broken, they don't make entertainers like her
anymore. Sure, her voice is a bit raspy and her diction is weird--her
sybillants are very off, like when she sang "It's lovely to sit in the
garden," my friend leaned over and said, "Did she really sing 'It's lovely
to shit in the garden'?"--and her stamina is gone, but by golly she can
still turn up the star wattage! We were afraid she would collapse on stage
(between the hip replacement, drug and alcohol problems, and too many
twinkies, she was wheezing at times) but she held up like the trooper she
is, and made us feel like *we*, the audience, were propping her up--in
addition to her 5 hunky boys, of course. It was like a rollercoaster: scary
and exciting, and even nausea-inducing . . . in a good way! The theme of the
show, by the way, was "Minnelli on Minnelli" so she did only songs from
Vincente Minnelli's movies.

And the good news is: you can probably see half of it for free if you show
up around 9:10pm and second-act it as they don't check who goes back in the
theater after a smoke outside, and there were *plenty* of excellent empty
seats. We ourselves moved down from the cheap $35, oxygen-mask requiring
balcony to the $75 cushy mezzanine.

That's Elisabeth-with-an-S to you!




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From: "Indy Rutks" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Obituaries
Date: 17 Dec 1999 18:43:51 -0600


Robbie Baldock wrote:

> Kristjan Saag wrote:
>
> > Some days half of this list consists of obituaries. What's this
> got to do
> > with exotica?
>
> Oh yes, this old chestnut again...!  I was the last person to object
> to these postings but still they carry on.

Fortunately for those who don't like the obits, the subject line always
contains "[obit]", so you can delete 'em as soon as you get 'em!

(FWIW, I like the obits)

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From: Jim Gerwitz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) righteous bros still have that lovin feelin
Date: 17 Dec 1999 19:01:12 -0800



<chuck said:
Its good to see you post again on the list Jamie and I certainly agree
with
you about "You've Lost That Lovin Feelin" ,  what an impressive group of
talent came together to produce this classic!>

 Saw the Righteous Brothers at the intimate off-strip Orleans
Hotel/casino showroom in Las Vegas last summer, and they put on a great
show. Bobby just NAILED the high notes in a spine-tingling "Unchained
Melody", but unfortunately didn't have much left for Lovin Feelin. He
also introduced a couple audience members a la Ed Sullivan: his young
drop-dead gorgeous daughter and Jackie Mason, who I think made a hand
gesture as a joke. Wonderful show all around by two very talented gents
and their band.

I loooove Las Vegas, repository of Liberace's red white and blue
bicentennial leather fringed & sequined hot pants outfit, with matching
Rolls Royce of course!!!

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Subject: Re:  (exotica) Obituaries
Date: 17 Dec 1999 22:39:36 EST



In a message dated 12/17/99 6:51:11 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Some days half of this list consists of obituaries. What's this got to do
with
>exotica? It may be that a profound interest in easy listening music of the
50:s
>seems morbid in itself, but that's no reason to flood everyone of us with
data
>about who has died and how and when.

This has come up before so I'll re run my response. Its OK to report the
obits because they are always representative of the cultural zeitgeist to
which this list is prone. Its not like Lou reports on the deaths of 6
firefighters in Massachusetts. He is selecting obits that in a cool and
strange way seem to tie in to the development of music of a
non-rock/non-jazzbo, yet cool period that we are all interested in
uncovering...Jimmy Botticelli


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica ? ? ? ? Obituaries
Date: 18 Dec 1999 07:58:28 EST


In a message dated 12/17/99 3:51:11 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Some days half of this list consists of obituaries. What's this got to do
with exotica?  >>


Don't complain Kristjan, I got yelled at for posting about CD-R burning.
Just use the delete key on the obits if you want.

BTW, I got yelled at because I said to just use the delete key too.

TB


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Date: 18 Dec 1999 08:01:45 EST


In a message dated 12/17/99 4:44:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Fortunately for those who don't like the obits, the subject line always
 contains "[obit]", so you can delete 'em as soon as you get 'em! >>


Ooo!  You gunna get yelled at too!

TB


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Soulful Strings Xmas LP
Date: 18 Dec 1999 10:03:47 EST


In a message dated 12/17/99 3:26:49 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I *finally* had my first listen to the Soulful Strings' MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS
 (Cadet 1968) which showed up on my doorstep and it is one of the hippest,
 coolest xmas LP's I've ever heard.  Includes the great Dorothy Ashby on harp
 on many tracks and a truly amazing cover of Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
 with Ron Steele on sitar.  Find it!  >>

When I think of the number of times I've seen this LP in thrift stores I
begin to think those obsessive/compulsive thoughts familiar only to record
collectors.  It just goes to show that you never know what's hiding behind
all of those insipid thrift store LPs.  Now that I'm looking for it, I'll
probably never see it again.

Sean


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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) WHERE's Such a deal on Stomp?
Date: 18 Dec 1999 09:31:39 -0500


An exoticat contacted me offlist to say he followed the link I posted for
the cheap cheap CD labeler Stomp, and found it was listed at $34.99. I'm
not sure what happened, but here's a possibility.

Maybe the special deal is available only to people who sign up for Bottom
Line's Weekly Specials mail list. The mails come every Friday. You can sign
up at http://www.bldistribution.com/mail_list. BL has been advertising
Stomp for the past few weeks, so it probably has a pretty good stock on
hand--enough so if you sign up now for the mail list, you'll get an
announcement next Friday (12/24) with the special price on Stomp.
Otherwise, you could try contacting Bottom Line from their web page.

Sorry that the link didn't deliver the $9.99 price. I just assumed that
Bottom Line would offer deals to everyone from their site, not just people
who subscribe to their mail list.

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) sex in space?
Date: 18 Dec 1999 11:20:01 -0500


Oh, Jane...

A little Scientific American article on sex in space:
http://www.sciam.com/2000/0100issue/0100scicit1.html

Unfortunately it just dances around the edge of the subject.

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Those pesky CD Now coupons
Date: 18 Dec 1999 15:26:19 +0100


    this is not an answer to Wayno's search for a $1 CD, it's just
about the way i spent a $10 coupon: i bought a japanese import: Walter
Wanderley's "Kee-Ka-Roo" (Verve POCJ-2561). it normally costs around $24,
but i used a $10 coupon, and payed low postage -- non-US cds ordered by
european customers are shipped from CDNow's Dutch branch. so i ended up
paying $16, which is a bit below the regular price of domestic (euro) cds
-- a good deal, as this is a brilliant cd!


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From: "Kevin Kovelant" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More Shaggs, Fresh off the wire..
Date: 17 Dec 1999 05:58:59 -0500


Found this on the newswires this morning....

-Kev


Tom Cruise in Tune With 'Meet the Shaggs' Project
By Oliver Jones

NEW YORK (Variety) - Tom Cruise is going low-fi.

His production company has optioned a New Yorker article called ``Meet the
Shaggs,'' about an obscure pop group decreed by Frank Zappa to be ``better
then the Beatles.''

Cruise, along with his producing partner Paula Wagner, will develop the
project through the duo's Paramount-based shingle, C/W Prods. The article
was written by New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean, whose novel ``The
Orchid Thief'' is being turned into a feature at Columbia Pictures.

Orlean's Shaggs article follows the group's rise, fall and eventual
rehabilitation. Formed in the hamlet of Freemont, N.H., the Shaggs consisted
of the Wiggins sisters, three shy, awkward teenagers with unfortunate
haircuts and thick New England accents. Despite their lack of musical
interest or ability, their Dad forced them to record a rock album because
his mother had a premonition that they should.

They went on to make 1972's ``Philosophy of the World,'' a record that was
commercially DOA until Zappa heard it. Rock historians have since
rediscovered the record (available on CD from RCA Victor), declaring that
its arrhythmic, out-of-tune bleating augured every dissonant music movement
from Ornette Coleman to Sonic Youth. Two of the sisters performed in
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From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) (exotic) most performed tune of your century
Date: 17 Dec 1999 14:13:42 -0500


in the words of Nick Cave, "FLAME ON!"!

i will give it props for its recording qualities it possesses but no more!
it does not mean i will ever, first buy, then play this song to hear it...ever!
it does not mean i will cover this song in my musical endevours...ever.
 "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa" is me!

> I do think the appreciation
>of music should cross genre lines, and a great song (and great recording)
>should transcend whatever walls we create by digging our own "niche" as
>it were.

thats GREAT! its Great. your great. We're all great!
i am one of the greatest Genre-crossers/Wall Transcenders there is!
but i am trying to quit!  too expensive!
i am also a SWM! ;)
i would just go as far as to say the song is, OK.


as far as the "Sound/Vibe" of this most overplayed tune of our century
(and make a motion to never have it played in the next one!), i would much
rather listen most of the tracks on Scott Walker's solo albums.
i could easily-listen to his first 4 LP's over and over (maybe its a
character flaw) and maybe even "cover" a tune (if i were talented enough).


So, i would suggest, (in FLAME TALK now) go watch THE BIG CHILL for the
20th time and try to pull yourself from the Spector Shrine! (before you go
blind) ;}

no longer causually dismissing, (are you happy NOW!)
uptight, alright and outta-sight,

            bump - with all due respect.
            on a crusade beautify the world by to ridding it of
                        sappy overplayed tunes. (for the children!)


>> >>Performing rights group BMI has named "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "
>> >>as the most-performed tune of the century. >
>>
>> WHAT B.S!!!    Aren't we lucky to be able to listen to so much cooler music?
>> can i get a amen my brothas and sistas!
>
>With all due respect, no amen from me. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "
>is classic Brill Building pop, flawlessly executed by Phil Spector and
>his army of top class studio musicians (many of whom are lauded here for
>their work on more exotica-oriented recordings). Absolutely not trying
>to start a flame war here or anything, but I do think the appreciation
>of music should cross genre lines, and a great song (and great recording)
>should transcend whatever walls we create by digging our own "niche" as
>it were. It is very difficult for me to imagine anyone with a keen
>appreciation of quality music so casually dismissing this great Phil
>Spector/Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil composition.

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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, December 19
Date: 18 Dec 1999 16:56:15 -0500


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome.

Space Bop #76   Have Yourself An Eclectic Little Christmas

Sy Mann:  Joy To The World  "Switched On Santa"
Mark Mothersbaugh:  Blue Joy  "Joyeux Mutato"
Michael Nyman:  Cream Or Christians  "Ghosts Of Christmas Past"
Hybrid Kids:  Holly And Ivy  "Claws"

The French Impressionists:  Santa Baby  "Ghosts Of Christmas Past"
Peggy Lee:  I Like A Sleighride (Jingle Bells)  "Hi-Fidelity Holiday"
August Darnell:  Christmas On Riverside Drive  "A Christmas Record"
People Like Us:  Christmas Show (edit)  "Turkey"
The Stable (feat. The Two Wise Men From Bethlehem):  Once In Royal
David's Cattle Shed  "Turkey"

Thick Pigeon:  Jingle Bell Rock  "Ghosts Of Christmas Past"
Dean Martin:  Baby It's Cold Outside  "Hi-Fidelity Holiday"
Culturcide:  Depressed Christmas  "Depressed Christmas"
Sparks:  Thank God It's Not Christmas  "Kimono My House"

Mark Mothersbaugh:  Only 12 Shopping Days Left  "Joyeux Mutato"
Der Plan:  Fackel Der Sehnsucht  "How Much More Black Can It Be?"
Leonard Cohen:  Hallelujah  "Hi-Fidelity Holiday"


Thanks for reading.


[e-mail]
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From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lester Bowie RIP?
Date: 19 Dec 1999 00:10:18 -0000


Some nutter wrote:

> he, your lame client cant read HTML, haha.
> click attachment to see some stunningly HOT stuff

I suspect this is a virus attachment - be very careful when opening.
In fact, don't open it unless you have good anti-virus software.

If anyone can safely establish that saddam.exe is a virus, please
send a complaint to this fool's provider:

[e-mail]


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From: Mo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) El Records Christmas Cd
Date: 19 Dec 1999 01:54:37 +0100


c> I understand El records aka Mike Alway records,  has a Christmas cd
c> out available at other music.   I'm expecting this to be modern day
c> soft pop classic.  As Mo has pointed out a few times on the list,
c> Mike Alway has his hands in many soft pop modern day projects. Theres
c> also a new childrens cd on the Siesta label  like Algebra Speghetti,
c> that he's involved in.

Exotic Beatles Part 3 is out now, and it's good as usual.

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From: Lazlo Nibble <[e-mail]>
Subject: IMPORTANT ADMIN MESSAGE (was: Re: (exotica) That early?)
Date: 18 Dec 1999 18:23:14 -0700


I've seen a couple of people commenting on a message with the above subject
line, which seems to be an ad for an e-card site carrying a suspicious .exe
payload.

What may not be immediately apparent from the message is that though it
mentions the list in the Subject: and From: headers, it did NOT come over the
list.  List postings have the name of the original poster in the From: line,
not the name of the list.

I'm afraid there isn't much I can do as list admin to prevent this kind of
thing from happening.  Had it been posted to the list it would never have made
it for a number of reasons.

Needless to say, if you have this message in your mailbox, you should delete
it unread.

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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Saddam.Exe was (exotica) Lester Bowie RIP?
Date: 18 Dec 1999 20:22:12 -0500



> I suspect this is a virus attachment - be very careful when opening.
> In fact, don't open it unless you have good anti-virus software.
>
> If anyone can safely establish that saddam.exe is a virus, please
> send a complaint to this fool's provider:

I suspect that it's a virus. On general principle I do not open .exe files,
especially one as suspicious as this one (I trashed it immediately).

It does seem that it is being sent to Exotica list subscribers. Mine had a
"Mondo Bongos Playlist" subject line and it had [e-mail]
indicated as the sender. If yours had a Lester Bowie subject, it may be
attaching itself to posts previously made to the list.

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From: Lang Thompson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) shaggs reunion report
Date: 18 Dec 1999 22:50:38 -0500


Hi,  Didn't somebody pass along a post on the Shaggs reunion that
originated on another list?  I can't seem to find it even in my deleted mail.

Thanks, LT
Full Alert Film Review
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Green Hornet reissue/ VAGABOND CINEMA POPS (was: twink)
Date: 19 Dec 1999 12:03:08 +0100


<[e-mail]> has that Japanese Green Hornet reissue

i got my copy of VAGABOND CINEMA POPS ARKESTRA's "Promotional Only"
directly from the artist: <[e-mail]>

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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) cover scan Zounds! What sounds!
Date: 19 Dec 1999 13:55:51 +0100


Could someone please send me a gif or jpg of the cover of Dean
Ellliott's Zounds! What sounds? I need it for a CD-R.
Thank you!

Marco

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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Project Pimento
Date: 19 Dec 1999 16:44:02 +0100


thanx, Robbie, for recommending those Project Pimento MP3's, they're
wonderrful!  sound a bit like Combustible Edison, but with theremin. very
good sound quality too.

http://come.to/projectpimento/

MoonRiver
MusicToWatchGirlsBy
YouOnlyLiveTwice
Desafinado (sounds REALLY odd: bossa nova with theremin...)

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From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bedazzled!
Date: 19 Dec 1999 22:00:03 -0500


I'm co-posting this to both "exotica" and "lavalamp" lists:

Well with all the postive comments about it, and in spite of my
normal  aversion to Dudley Moore, I tuned in Bravo and watched
Bedazzled! this weekend. I should have know better than to doubt the
experts from the Exotica list!  Great music and a good film to boot!
We even managed to pick up a sample in it used by Ursula 1000. I know
there were likely more films made before DM's Hollyood days but was
he exclusvely in Stanley Donen films? I liked the use of the words
"Julie Andrews" by the Devil, each each time he granted a wish. I
wonder if they knew what was to come in later years although I figure
it's probably a referencre to Mary Poppins!

So the next question... does anyone have a copy of this soundtrack
they'd be interested in allowing me to audition in exchange for like
material? Judging from br Cleve's comment I don't anticipate finding
a copy hanging around my local record store!

Thanks for the recommendation!

Brian Karasick
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McGill University
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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) holiday tv
Date: 19 Dec 1999 22:35:38 -0500


Coming right up is:
Black Orpheus (1959)
Bravo (US) - Early Monday, 4:00am (easterm)
Monday afternoon, 4:00pm

Don't miss the brainwashing scenes:
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
AMC - Monday afternoon, 5:45pm

TCM has another Monday night full of Charlie Chaplin.

AMC continues with Buster Keaton every morning, 5 or 6-ish.

TBS has cheesy 70s occult documentaries Monday through Thursday at 2:00pm.

A classic police procedural with lots of NYC street footage:
The Naked City (1948)
AMC - Wednesday afternoon, 12:30pm

The bizarre 'military nerds fly to Mars and pointlessly shoot stuff' epic:
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
AMC - Early Friday, 4:00am

Sci-Fi runs a batch of Abbott & Costello monster movies Saturday, beginning
at 9:00am.

Have an Ape Law Christmas -- TBS runs the Planet Of The Apes movies
Saturday, beginning at 9:30am. Followed by Nicholas Ray's "King Of Kings"!

TCM runs a foursome of Hitchcock movies Saturday night, beginning at 8:00pm
(Dial M For Murder, Suspicion, The Birds, Marnie).


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From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Alessandro Alessandroni
Date: 20 Dec 1999 05:38:39 -0800 (PST)


I have only heard a few tunes he was involved with,
but each one is the balls.  Does anyone have any
opinions on this person or suggestions of a place to
start?

Thanks!
Peter

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From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Obituaries
Date: 20 Dec 1999 08:48:04 -0500


I love 'em, learn a lot and have written down a few notes to check out =
various writer's works, etc......

Exotica or not - they're great!

(Whiners..........)

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Subject: (exotica) Fwd: epulse 5.47 [excerpt]
Date: 20 Dec 1999 09:38:07 -0500



epulse mailing list <[e-mail]> wrote:
> epulse 5.47 [authorized]
___________________________
CONTENT / December 17, 1999

3. WEIRD KIDS' ALBUM OF THE WEEK:

Ever since today's generation discovered the aural delights of Esquivel,
Les Baxter and other lounge music practitioners, musical archeologists have
ventured into ever darker corners looking for forgotten gems. So it was
only a matter of time before the fertile field of children's music became a
subject for further study. 'LISTEN COMPUTE ROCK HOME: THE BEST OF DIMENSION
5' (Emperor Norton), created by BRUCE HAACK, ESTHER NELSON and DIMENSION 5,
is a prime example of a late-'60s time capsule that, upon airing, renders
the jaw slack in mute amazement. The recordings here -- testament to an
innovative child-development program -- are low-budget DIY but as vivid as
a B-movie before the Hays Code, bursting with odd noises, silly voices and
overall weirdness, like some freeform multimedia art project of that era.
Some will hear the influence of drugs, no doubt, but what it really sounds
like is unbridled creativity without a hint of self-consciousness. The late
Haack, who had some renown as a electronic musician (he did an album for
Columbia in 1973 called 'The Electric Lucifer'), and Esther Nelson were
worthy co-conspirators, whether simulating a "Motorcycle Ride" in
easy-to-follow directions or warning of "Army Ants in Your Pants." This CD
may be too loopy for today's kids (the 2-year-old I lab-tested appeared not
to listen at all) but adults will find it fascinating, if occasionally
unsettling. (Melton)


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From: "Brian Linds" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Looking for information
Date: 20 Dec 1999 07:12:30 -0800


Hi everyone! I have a few queries...I'm new to this list, so if this pushes
the boundries of Exotica let me know.....
1. Does any one know who has the lowest singing voice in the world? J.D.
Sumner held this record for six years. Who is it now?
2. For my Canadian friends....Does anyone recall a 1974 7" called Fight On
Manitoba by Alden Diehl? It's like Eddie Lawrence's The Old Philosopher but
relates to 6 months of a Manitoba winter. (Your car won't start...The pipes
have burst....But FIGHT ON MANITOBA...FIGHT ON!)
3. Walt Pascoe...Wilma The Belgian Mare. The story of the world largest
horse who was saved from the dinner table and put on show for all the
kiddies to enjoy. Any background information that's not on the record
jacket?
4. Weight Control by Audio Therapy. A Lions Club Fund Raising Activity.
Subliminal suggestions as every pause in the narraration is taken out so the
listener can enjoy the record at 500 words a minute. Of course, backed by
lush strings. Who is the Better Life Institute?
5. Superman and the Mystery of the Mad Minnows. Anyone know the voices
behind this Power records release?
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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Looking for information
Date: 20 Dec 1999 10:44:40 -0500


Brian Linds wrote:
>
> Hi everyone! I have a few queries...I'm new to this list, so if this pushes
> the boundries of Exotica let me know.....

> 2. For my Canadian friends....Does anyone recall a 1974 7" called Fight On
> Manitoba by Alden Diehl? It's like Eddie Lawrence's The Old Philosopher but
> relates to 6 months of a Manitoba winter. (Your car won't start...The pipes
> have burst....But FIGHT ON MANITOBA...FIGHT ON!)

Welcome to the list!
Having spent many frigid winters in Manitoba, yes, I remember that
"song" well - it was played pretty regularly on Don Percy's morning show
(it's been awhile - I can't remember the station).  It was quite
amusing, although it tended to get a little monotonous after many
repeated listenings!

cheryl (who no longer has to deal with Winnipeg winters!)


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) annoying music cd
Date: 20 Dec 1999 10:50:20 -0500


There's a show on Chicago's public radio station called "The Annoying Music Show" (which sounds like a knockoff of Irwin Chusid's old "Atrocious Music show".)

They are selling a CD. From the show's website:
The Annoying Music Show! CD. To order call 888.590.OUCH.

Has anyone heard this CD, know what's on it, or can recommend for/against it??


Lou
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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Rex Allen Sr.,Grover Washington Jr.,Desmond Llewelyn,Andy Wiswell,Gloria Caruso Murray
Date: 20 Dec 1999 10:16:29 -0500


Our motto: Celebrating the life, not morbidly dwelling on death.
----------
    TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Rex Allen Sr., a singer and actor in
Westerns who also served as the voice on Walt Disney films and TV
shows, died from injuries suffered when he accidentally was run
over by a car. He was 78.
    Police believe his caretaker did not realize Allen was behind
the car when she began to back it up, police spokeswoman Judy
Altieri said. Detectives were attempting to determine whether Allen
had fallen before he was hit.
    Allen, who grew up on an Arizona ranch, starred in several
western movies, including a 1949 film called ``The Arizona
Cowboy,'' and in a television series called ``Frontier Doctor.''
    His signature stallion for the western movies, Koko the Wonder
Horse, was added in his second film, ``The Hills of Oklahoma.''
    Among his narration credits are more than 80 Walt Disney films
and the animated classic, ``Charlotte's Web.''
    He got into music before reaching his teens, playing guitar and
singing with his fiddle-playing father at dances.
    His professional break came in the 1940s when country star Roy
Acuff heard him with a band in Quakertown, Pa.
    Though the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville hired Eddy Arnold instead
and Arnold went on to fame, Allen joined with the National Barn
Dance on WLS in Chicago and subsequently was signed by Mercury
Records. His hits included ``Streets of Laredo'' and ``Crying in
the Chapel.''
    Allen, who would have turned 79 on New Year's Eve, moved to
Tucson from Willcox about three years ago.

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http://elvispelvis.com/rexallen.htm
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    NEW YORK (AP) -- By fusing jazz with soul music, saxophonist
Grover Washington Jr. became one of the first young musicians on
the jazz-funk scene.
    Washington, who died Friday at age 56, once described his own
style as short stories without words, impressions turned into
sound.
    ``There's a record player playing in here all the time,'' said
Washington, pointing to his head in a 1989 interview with The
Associated Press. ``I'm listening to everything. The screech of
brakes. Three or four people walking and you can hear their heels
clicking. Railroad tracks.''
    Washington died Friday night after a television taping.
    He collapsed Friday evening, after taping a performance for CBS'
``The Saturday Early Show,'' and later was pronounced dead at St.
Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital.
    Washington was one of the first musicians to enter the jazz-funk
scene.
    His career highlights included playing at President Clinton's
50th birthday celebration at Radio City Music Hall in 1996. He also
played in a jazz and blues jam with the president and other jazz
greats including Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis in 1993 after a
White House concert celebrating jazz.
    Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Washington was introduced to music by his
saxophone-playing father. He joined his first band -- The Four Clefs
-- as a teen-ager in 1959.
    In the early 1960s, Washington moved to Philadelphia, which
became his home for life. He honed his rapid-growing abilities,
playing in clubs until being discovered by organist Charles
Earland, who put the young Washington on one of his albums.
    Washington's career took off in 1970 when he was featured on
Johnny ``Hammond'' Smith's ``Breakout.''
    Producer Creed Taylor signed Washington in 1971, who soon after
released his debut album, ``Inner City Blues.'' It nearly wasn't
his big moment, though. The solo had been intended for tenor
saxophonist Hank Crawford, but Crawford couldn't make the studio
date at the last minute.
    After signing with Elektra, Washington put out his most
successful piece. ``Winelight'' made it to No. 5 on U.S. record
charts. The album, which featured vocals by Bill Withers on the
song, ``Just the Two of Us,'' reached the No. 2 position on the
nation's charts in 1981.
   NEW YORK, Dec 18 (AFP) - US Grammy-award winning jazz
saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. died of a heart attack, a St.
Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital spokesman said Saturday.
   The spokesman said Washington, a pivotal figure in the US pop
music scene  whose work bridged jazz, funk and rhythm and blues,
died in the emergency room of the hospital in Manhattan at 7:30 pm
Friday (0030 GMT Saturday).
   He was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed while taping a
television program for CBS television. Washington celebrated his
56th birthday last Sunday.
   The artist, famous for his unpretentious manner, lived in
Philadelphia, where he met his wife Christine, and married her in
1967. His relationship with Philadelphia-born Bill Cosby led to him
recording the theme music for numerous seasons of "The Cosby Show."
   He was due to play next month at the inauguration ceremony of
Philadelphia Mayor-elect John F. Street, who described him as "the
jazz legend who lived next door."
   "Despite his worldwide celebrity, he had a deep sense of civic
and community consciousness," said Street.
   "He was always there when Philadelphia needed him. And, wherever
he traveled, he never let anyone forget that he was a true son of
Philadelphia."
   Washington's love of music began as a child growing up in
Buffalo, New York where his mother sang in church choirs and his
father, an amateur C-melody saxophonist, bought him a saxophone at
age 10.
   He claimed to have played professionally from the age of 12
onwards, "a lot of RetB, blues, and what we used to call 'gut
bucket'" and after joining the Army he continued to play, mainly in
New York and Philadelphia.
   Washington stepped into the national spotlight in 1971 with his
interpretation of Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues," and his
best-known album, "Winelight," was a US top-10 record that won two
Grammy awards.
   His 1974 hit album "Mr. Magic" sold more than half a million
copies, a number unheard of for a jazz-soul record.
   His single "Just the Two of Us," featuring Bill Withers on
vocals, reached number two on the US charts in 1981; his most recent
album, "Soulful Strut," was released in 1996.
   "I like to think of myself as a singer whose voice is a
saxophone," said Washington.
   He said his style was to "approach each song as a self-contained
short story."
   "I honor melody. I'd rather caress a melody than overwhelm it. I
see myself as a servant of melody, a respectful interpreter."
   Although critical acclaim during the 1970s made Washington a
sought-after performer in concert halls across the United States,
some jazz purists dismissed his "fusion" jazz style as too strongly
influenced by pop music.
   The style, however, laid the foundation for contemporary
smooth-jazz saxophonists.
   Washington performed at President Clinton's 50th birthday
celebration at Radio City Music Hall.
   He leaves a son Grover III and daughter Shana.


    PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- With a combination of technical prowess and
heart-on-his-sleeve passion, Grover Washington Jr. brought jazz to
the masses and influenced a generation of young musicians.
    The 56-year-old saxophonist, who won a Grammy award with his
1980 breakthrough album ``Winelight,'' died late Friday after
collapsing at a television taping in New York City. He had lived in
Philadelphia since 1967.
    ``As a person he was the sweetest guy in the world ... so humble
for such a giant of a talent, which is a rare quality in this
profession to find in a person,'' Peter Nero, conductor of the
Philly Pops orchestra, said Saturday.
    ``He will sorely be missed. Whether we'll ever hear anything
like him again, I don't know,'' he said.
    Washington's virtuosity on soprano, tenor, alto and baritone
saxophones -- amplified by his crossover style that blended elements
of jazz, pop and soul -- resulted in numerous Grammy nominations
during his 40-year career. ``Winelight'' won two Grammy Awards, for
best jazz-fusion recording and for best R&B song for the title,
``Just the Two of Us.''
    President Clinton said in a statement that he would ``always be
grateful for the honor of playing saxophone with Grover back in
1993, after a White House jazz concert, and for the wonderful music
he performed at my inaugural celebrations and my 50th birthday
celebration.
    ``Grover Washington was as versatile as any jazz musician in
America, moving with ease and fluency from vintage jazz to funk,
and from gospel to blues to pop,'' Clinton said. ``I will miss both
the man and his music.''
    Washington played as a guest with the Philly Pops for four
performances last year and was a collaborator on one of Nero's
recordings.
    ``He was a great role model for kids through his work bringing
music to schools,'' Nero said. ``He was a rare human being and a
rare artist.''
    At the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts, an
institution believed to be the only music school ever established
specifically for jazz instruction, Washington often made speaking
appearances and mentored young talent, including the local combo,
Pieces of a Dream.
    ``Grover is the father of the modern saxophone, the father of
the new sound. The thing Kenny G and some of the others are doing,
Grover was doing first,'' said Lovett Hines, 56, the Clef Club
education program director and who knew Washington since 1966. ``He
could play all the horns with the same emotion, facility, warmth,
beauty, polish and passion.''
    Hines called a past July 4 performance in Philadelphia by
Washington ``the most devastating performance I ever heard. He
switched horns four times but you never heard a break'' in the
flow.
    ``I just can't see anyone else like him coming along,'' Hines
said. ``I haven't heard anyone at this point with the originality
and more than anything else, that groove that he had.
    ``Other guys play the melody really pretty and they do all the
high notes, but I never heard anyone do it like Grover. Maybe it's
a lost art,'' he said.
    Clef Club teacher Charles Bowen, 56, also started playing with
Washington in 1966 and said his style is often imitated but will
never be duplicated. While some critics have called his ``smooth
jazz'' style too commercial, Bowen said Washington simply played
from the heart.
    ``People gravitated toward his music because it was real,''
Bowen said. ``We tell our students that to play something as a way
of making a living is dishonest; to play something that comes from
the depths of your soul is honest. And Grover was honest.''

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    FIRLE, England (AP) -- Desmond Llewelyn, who starred as the
eccentric scientist Q in a string of James Bond films, was killed
in a head-on car crash Sunday, police said. He was 85.
    The collision, which happened near the town of Firle in East
Sussex, came as Llewelyn was returning alone from a book signing.
The three occupants of the second car were believed to be in stable
condition.
    The actor was best-known for his role of Q the gadget expert who
equipped 007 with the latest spy tool -- from toxic fountain pens to
deadly umbrellas -- in 17 Bond films dating back to ``From Russia
with Love'' up to the recent ``The World Is Not Enough.''
    Llewelyn was born in South Wales in 1914, the son of a coal
mining engineer. He landed the coveted role of Q despite the
director's attempts to have the character speak with a Welsh
accent.
    ``My interpretation of the character was that of a toffee-nosed
English,'' he once said. ``At the risk of losing the part and with
silent apologies to my native land, I launched into Q's lines using
the worst Welsh accent, followed by the same in English.''
    Despite achieving near-cult status for his on-screen dexterity
with gadgets, Llewelyn said he was a bungler in real life.
    ``Most gadgets expire or explode as I touch them,'' he said in
an interview in October.
    Llewelyn lived in Bexhill, East Sussex. He leaves two sons,
Ivor, 50, and Justin, 45, and two grandchildren.
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                           *Andy Wiswell
    AIKEN, S.C. (AP) -- Producer Andy Wiswell, whose musical career
spanned crooner Rudy Vallee to the 1960s Broadway musical ``Hair,''
died Friday following a short illness. He was 94.
    Wiswell got his start at his alma mater of Yale University,
playing trombone in the Yale Collegiate Band with Vallee. He won a
1968 Grammy as producer for best score from an original cast album
for ``Hair.''
    In between, the producer worked on recordings with Perry Como,
Kate Smith, Judy Garland, Harry Belafonte, Chet Atkins and Barry
Sadler of ``Ballad of the Green Berets.''
    He had five other Grammy nominations for his work with Broadway
cast albums, including ``I Do! I Do!'' with Mary Martin in 1967.
Some other noted Broadway musicals he worked with were ``Music Man,
``Hello, Dolly,'' ``Show Boat,'' and ``The Unsinkable Molly
Brown.''
    Wiswell, who was born in Maine, retired to Aiken in 1973.
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 *Grant King
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Former Indianapolis 500 car owner and
builder Grant King died Friday from injuries in a traffic accident
near his Danville, Ind., home.
    King, 67, disregarded a stop sign and pulled into the path of a
pickup truck about 9:15 a.m. Friday, Indiana State Police said.
--------------------
 *Gloria Caruso Murray
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Gloria Caruso Murray, a visual artist
who was the last surviving child of opera tenor Enrico Caruso, died
Dec. 5 of cancer. She was 79.
    As a child, Gloria Caruso tried to live up to the musical
world's hopes that she had inherited her father's vocal abilities.
Her mother was Dorothy Benjamin, the daughter of a wealthy New York
attorney, who created a stir by marrying Caruso in 1918.
    Only hours after his daughter's birth on Dec. 18, 1919, Caruso
tossed the girl into the air, peered into her mouth and announced,
``Ah, she has the vocal cords, just like her Daddy!'' according to
a New York Times report at the time. Caruso died 1 1/2 years later.
    His daughter made her first record at the age of 8, then, as an
11-year-old, made a test recording for the RCA Victor label and
took singing lessons from renowned tenor John McCormack.
    Over the years, though, it became apparent that Mrs. Murray did
not have the voice to follow her father. In 1942, she told a
reporter that she was studying art at the Art Students League in
New York and that she had come to prefer the visual arts to music.
    ``I've always been torn between art and music,'' she said.
``Daddy drew and sculptured as a hobby.''
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December 20, 1999
Dorothy Allison, 74, `Psychic Detective'
Consulted by Police
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Alessandro Alessandroni
Date: 20 Dec 1999 15:45:28 +0100


Peter wrote:
>I have only heard a few tunes he was involved with,
>but each one is the balls.  Does anyone have any
>opinions on this person or suggestions of a place to
>start?

oops. You shouldn't ask for it in this list. You could end up buying an
Alessandroni DAM CD on mp3.com (yup, on of the artists I represent on
the'net!) :)

take a look at
http://www.mp3.com/alessandroni
for a few free mp3's, some info and a dam cd... we should improve graphics
on that one but I am not able to do it until I get a better cover scan...
btw - the cd is still specially priced at a ridiculous $6.
"El Puro" came out a few years ago on Film Music Art Studio/Hexacord in
Italy, co-produced and distributed by Soundtrack Deletions (UK) which
specializes in this kind of film music material. The cd audio is now
deleted and I got a license for Internet distribution... I am now in the
process of renewing it and hopefully get some new Alessandroni jewels
online... keep your fingers crossed... :)

Also, the Maestro was featured artist on riffage.com in August (ahem - if
you notice a couple of paid downloads on that site: we are now going to
changer that and put more free stuff on it plus more mp3's for sale, as
those tracks on riffage are already all free on mp3.com)

err. sorry for the gratuitous plug. ;)

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Liza! & Neil Young
Date: 20 Dec 1999 08:27:16 -0800 (PST)


Hi Elizabeth

You are great to move up to those $75 seats.   I recently did the same for
Neil Young ($150)  and it allowed me to go backstage after the concert and
meet the man.  It was a prootional  charitable concert for Bridge House.
Well Neil is lead around the room to shake hands with everyone.

I swear Elizabeth,  he was the wierdest human I ever met.  Glassy stare,
looked like he'd been heavily sedated,  strange grimacing smile.  he walked
like a zombie and had to be lead to each person.   His hands were wrinkled
but incredibly soft.   It was one strang experience and all because I moved
up from the $35 to the $150 front seats.

Liza sounds like a riot!  As usual I'm a wishing I lived in NY.

So what have you heard recently that caught your fancy??

Any new articles in the Villiage Voice or elsewhere?    I really think you
write fantastic and you sound so intelligent

Chuck

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> A friend took me to Liza Minnelli's comeback show at New York's Palace

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From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Stuff
Date: 20 Dec 1999 11:52:41 -0500


Howdy, everybody:

I've been quiet on the list for the last few months, but enjoying it all and
I thought I'd weigh in with some holiday greetings.

I was in Mexico City about a month ago.  Videovisa has a nice new
series "Estrellas del cine a go-go", with music-themed movies
and fab Mexican sexadelic stuff.  I picked up the Esquivel film
La Locura del Rock'n Roll, which is truly wonderful, and another
one, from 1970, entitled Click Fotografo del Modelos, about, well,
a photographer who luvs the women and lives in a bachelor pad
decorated in the kinds of colours that 1970s film stock gives you.
I'd have bought all the others in the series, but I ran out of money,
and am trying to get friends to bring them up on their next visits, though
there is one about two comic priests that I hope they'll overlook.

My friend Johanne and I spent most of last week trolling through
Vermont and New Hampshire where every downtown, it seems,
has been turned into antique/collectibles row, while the real people
shop at malls near the interstate.  Lots of pretty good albums at 50 cents
a throw, and a treasure trove of 1950s crime magazines for $3 each in
upstate New Hampshire.  The prize was the "Professional Copy:  for use
by physicians" of the Capitol boxed set of 78s, "Listen and Relax" (Organ
by Buddy Cole), but that's probably going to be my Christmas present
for keir-from-bossanovaville, late of this  list, unless I can find him
something
else and have a reason to keep that.

Fo much of the trip, we listened to the first tape Nat
Kone ever sent me, which mostly consists of  those late 1960s/early 1970s
country songs which use sitars and have gruff voices singing about
meeting hippies on the street and what we'd do to Jesus if he came
back to today's world.  That had me searching for more of this kind of
stuff in all these junk and antique stores, but to little avail.

More later,

Will





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Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Communications
McGill University

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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) annoying music cd
Date: 20 Dec 1999 11:18:28 -0500


>There's a show on Chicago's public radio station called "The Annoying
>Music Show" ...>They are selling a CD. ... >Has anyone heard this CD, know
>what's on it, or can recommend for/against it??

Haven't heard the CD or the show, but I did listen to an NPR interview with
one of the hosts--very witty. Sort of Golden Throats/What Were They
Thinking?!? stuff..i.e., Senator Sam Erwin doing White Room (made that up)
but it's typical of the programming. Could you, would you please send the
URL for the show? Thanks! And thanks, Lou, for posting the obits. Mimi




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Date: 20 Dec 1999 12:12:45 -0500



Mimi Mayer <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Haven't heard the CD or the show, but I did listen to an NPR interview with
one of the hosts--very witty.
Could you, would you please send the
URL for the show? Thanks!

The Annoying Music Show's URL is:
http://www.wbez.org/schedule/ams/ams.htm

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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) cover scan Zounds! What sounds!
Date: 20 Dec 1999 18:46:59 +0100


Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek wrote:

> Could someone please send me a gif or jpg of the cover of Dean
> Ellliott's Zounds! What sounds?

Thanks to Kini, Byron and Brian I now have enough covers to decorate an entire
wall! Thanks for the quick response guys. And happy holidays to all you exotic
people out there.

By the way, King Kini alerted me to this site, which looks very promising:
 http://www.showandtellmusic.com

Marco

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Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Desmond Llewelyn,An...
Date: 20 Dec 1999 13:42:34 EST


In a message dated 12/20/99 10:57:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< The actor was best-known for his role of Q the gadget expert who
 equipped 007 with the latest spy tool -- from toxic fountain pens to
 deadly umbrellas -- in 17 Bond films dating back to ``From Russia
 with Love'' up to the recent ``The World Is Not Enough.''  >>

An interesting note regarding the above statement that I am glad they got
correct!

I was loosely listening to one of the game shows (possibly Jeopardy!) and
they asked the question "Only one actor has appeared in all the James Bond
movies,  Which character did he play?"  To which they had the correct answer
as "Q".

The character "Q" was not mentioned in Dr. No.  He was refereed to as Major
Boothroud -- Armorer.  And he was not played my Llewelyn.  Being a (past?)
James Bond fanatic I found the error glaring.  They specifically said "actor"
and Llewelyn was not in that first movie (Dr. No)

As a side note, Major Ammasva (spelling?)  [Barbara Bach] in The Spy Who
Loved Me does greet "Q" as "Major Boothroud".  That was the first time in the
series that they confirmed that the original armorer character was actually
"Q".

TB


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Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Rex Allen Sr.,Grover Washington Jr.,Desmond
Date: 20 Dec 1999 13:43:42 EST


In a message dated 12/20/99 10:57:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< ``My interpretation of the character was that of a toffee-nosed
 English,'' he once said.  >>

what is  "toffee-nosed"?

tb


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Date: 20 Dec 1999 13:46:00 EST


In a message dated 12/20/99 11:27:49 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I swear Elizabeth,  he was the wierdest human I ever met.  >>

when did this happen?


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Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) [obits] Desmond Llewelyn
Date: 20 Dec 1999 14:39:03 -0500


>they asked the question "Only one actor has appeared in all the James Bond
>movies,  Which character did he play?"  To which they had the correct >answer as "Q".


Llewelyn was also not in "Never Say Never Again" nor "Casino Royale."


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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Hank Snow
Date: 20 Dec 1999 16:42:42 -0500


    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Hank Snow, whose gaudy rhinestone suits
and million-selling hit song ``I'm Movin' On'' made him a country
music legend for more than 40 years, died today. He was 85.
    Snow died shortly after 12:15 a.m. at his Nashville home, said
his son, Jimmy Snow. The cause of death was likely heart failure,
but an autopsy will be performed, he said.
    Snow, known as ``the singing ranger'' because of his flamboyant
cowboy attire, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in
1979.
    His self-penned ``I'm Movin' On'' was on the country music
charts for almost a year in 1950, including 21 weeks at No. 1.
Other hits, many of which he wrote, included ``I Don't Hurt
Anymore,'' ``Golden Rocket,'' ``Music Makin' Mama From Memphis,''
``Rhumba Boogie'' and the humorous ``I've Been Everywhere,'' with
lyrics that string together a multitude of place names.
    His heyday was between 1950 and 1965, but he performed regularly
on the Grand Ole Opry until the mid-1990s.
    He recorded more than 40 songs that were in the top 10 of the
country music charts and sold an estimated 70 million records. He
made several concert tours overseas to perform for American troops,
becoming one of country music's top ambassadors.
    He was only in his 20s when he became a leading country
performer in his native Canada. He was signed to a record contract
in 1934, and his 45-year relationship with RCA, from then until
1979, was said to be a record.
    He moved to the United States in the mid-1940s and began singing
on the Grand Ole Opry regularly in 1950. He became a U.S. citizen
in 1958.
    His ``I'm Movin' On,'' about boarding a train to leave a wayward
lover, was recorded in 36 languages.
    In the mid-1950s, Snow was a mentor to Elvis Presley just as
Presley was breaking into the music business. He made concert tours
with him. Presley would later cover ``I'm Movin' On,'' as would Ray
Charles and many others.
    Snow sang for American troops in Korea, Vietnam, Germany,
France, Norway, Italy, England and Japan. He said in a 1991
interview that his appearances for troops were the highlight of his
career.
    ``This was a great experience, one that money couldn't buy. It
was the most important part of my life as far as entertaining is
concerned.''
    He continued singing regularly on the Grand Ole Opry into his
80s. In August 1996, when he returned to the Opry stage after a
seven-months absence due to ill health, he got a standing ovation.
    ``We have always been one big family here,'' he told the
audience. ``Everybody on the Opry came up and said how glad they
were to see me back.''
    He said in February 1992 that his career had been full.
    ``I've had about 140 albums released, and I've done everything I
wanted to do.''
    In 1986, he was involved in a dispute with CBS-TV. He refused to
appear on a TV special saluting the Opry because he felt slighted
when asked to sing only one verse of ``I'm Movin' On.''
    He was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, on May 9, 1914. Leaving
home at age 12, he became a cabin boy on a freighter for four
years. As a teen-ager, he used $30 in earnings from a two-week
stint unloading salt from a ship to buy his first guitar. His style
was heavily influenced by the U.S. country singer Jimmie Rodgers.
    In the mid-1970s, Snow became interested in fighting child abuse
and disclosed that he had been abused by his stepfather. He
organized benefit concerts and formed a foundation for the
prevention of child abuse and neglect.
    Snow's son said his father had been in declining health for
about three years. He was released from a hospital about two weeks
ago after treatment for pneumonia.
    ``My dad only had a fifth-grade education, but he was a
remarkable person with a remarkable drive to succeed,'' Jimmy Snow
said.
    ``He always had an insecurity about his lack of education, and
he tried to compensate for that.''
    Hank Snow once recalled a letter he received from a woman in
England:       ``It's really sort of morbid, but she said her mother wanted to
see me all her life. And when she died, she made just one request:
that a picture of me be put into her casket. So somewhere in
England, I'm in a casket.''
http://www.hanksnow.com/index.html
http://www.gentleman-jim.com/hanks.htm
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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) emptying the Vinyl Museum
Date: 20 Dec 1999 17:30:22 -0500


The Vinyl Museum here, a warehouse-like store and one of the first of its
kind here, closed on Saturday and boy am I glad.
I hauled more records out of there in the last month than in the any
previous year.
Hundreds for a dime, a quarter, fifty cents.
It was too much.  Especially now that my easy listening tastes cover just
about every manifestation imaginable.

Here are a few random highlights:

in the category of "whodathunk?"...
Roy Budd, his electric piano and orchestra play the music of Gilbert
O'Sullivan

in the category of "Those 101 strings can really surprise you"...
101 Strings Orchestra play Jim Webb
and 101 Strings "Here come the Birds".
They are a very funky bunch, that's all I can say.

in the category of "soft dreary stuff can be really beautiful"...
Charlie Byrd (the late) "Aquarius"  The best combo of wimpy and funky I've
ever heard.
and Francis Lai "A Man and a Woman", not the soundtrack, just a bunch of
covers like "McArthur's Park".  A beautiful record, featuring that electric
accordion

in the category of classic Now Sound
"Pet Project", the Bob Florence Big Band plays Pet Clark hits.  Need I say
more?
Billy Vaughn "A Current Set of Standards"  Amazing quasi-moog version of
Rosemary's Baby among other things
"The Button Down Brass featuring the funky trumpet of Ray Davies"  Classic.
"My World", Dieter Zimmerman.  On Polydor.  One of those James Lasty things
that actually sounds like you always hope he'll sound like.

in the category of jazzy Now Sound plus wacked-out instrumentals with
occasional moments of electric sitar...
The Paul Horn Quintet "Monday Monday"  (featuring, of course, Bill Plummer)

in a similar category but no electric sitar..
Don Randi plays Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet

and finally, in the DJ-friendly category of AfroCuban Latin Now Sound... I
guess you could put Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria in this category.  The
really expensive used record DJ store here, which features stuff like this
and puts out Joe Cain's "Latin Explosion" for fifty bucks, would like these
records:

"The Now Sound of the Ray Rivera Orchestra"  (on MGM's "Latino Series".
"The Moods of Miami 68" Luis Varona
Both great records.
And la piece de resistance, because it's a record I would buy just for the
title and for the cover but it turns out to be really hot...

"Boogaloo in Apartment 41" Ozzie Torrens and his exciting orchestra.
The kind of record that makes me want to become a DJ.

I have to go and watch my favourite TV show in the world now.  "Blind
Date".  I'll post the more loungey highlights later.  I bet you can't wait.

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Desmond Llewelyn
Date: 20 Dec 1999 19:02:01 EST


In a message dated 12/20/99 2:39:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< >they asked the question "Only one actor has appeared in all the James
Bond
 >movies,  Which character did he play?"  To which they had the correct
>answer as "Q".


 Llewelyn was also not in "Never Say Never Again" nor "Casino Royale." >>


this is true, but these movies are not considered part of the original
"franchise" as they are not Eon productions (started by cubby broccoli)


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Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Desmond Llewelyn
Date: 20 Dec 1999 19:04:30 EST


In a message dated 12/20/99 2:39:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Llewelyn was also not in "Never Say Never Again" nor "Casino Royale." >>


btw,  fleming sold the rights to Casino to CBS in the 1950's for a tv show
and Never was based on Thunderball that the "screenplay" rights were so to
(oh God, i am not sure if this is correct) Richard Maiubaum -- that is how
Connery did the re-make.

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From: Lang Thompson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Desmond Llewelyn
Date: 20 Dec 1999 22:17:15 -0500



> Llewelyn was also not in "Never Say Never Again" nor "Casino Royale." >>
>
>
>this is true, but these movies are not considered part of the original
>"franchise" as they are not Eon productions (started by cubby broccoli)


I know fans don't consider them part of the series but since they feature
the same character James Bond (or variations) and are derived from the
Fleming novels (however losely) then all us non-fans will consider them
James Bond films and let the franchise worry about itself.
Full Alert Film Review
http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/fafr.htm

Funhouse
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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Les McCann Ltd.
Date: 20 Dec 1999 23:18:35 -0500


Speaking of Latin Now Sound (Nat), does anyone know more about Les McCann?
(thanks in advance)

I have this one, Les McCann Ltd. - "Bucket O' Grease" on Limelight. Mid to
late 60s, I'd say. Proclaimed to be Latin boogaloo. A nice set of
jazz/Latin/funk numbers:

Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Calllin' You
Bang! Bang!
Music To Watch Girls By
Watermelon Man
La Brea
All
Red Top
Yesterday
Boo-Go-Loo
Bucket O' Grease
Fake Out

Recorded live in the studio, with an audience encouraged to make noise and
have fun. The funky "Yesterday" has a really odd half time/clashing chords
thing going on on the intro and bridges. And yeah, "Music To Watch Girls
By" is pretty cool, as usual.

Les plays piano. Also features Plas Johnson (yeah!) on sax & flute, Lynn R.
Blessing on vibes (in a Cal Tjaderish vein), Lee Katzman on trumpet &
fluegelhorn... and a rhythm section that I'm too tired to type out.

Funny thing, the cover and label say it's the mono version, but when I play
it, it's the stereo version!


And speaking of Julie Andrews (Brian)...

Happy Holidays everyone...
See (and hear) special season's greetings here:
http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/rsxmas.html


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From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Rex Allen Sr.,Grover Washington Jr.,Desmond
Date: 21 Dec 1999 11:20:19 GMT


> From: [e-mail]
>
> In a message dated 12/20/99 10:57:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [e-mail] writes:
>
> << ``My interpretation of the character was that of a toffee-nosed
>  English,'' he once said.  >>
>
> what is  "toffee-nosed"?
>

It means stuck up, snobbish, pretentious.




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From: Brad Bigelow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New on the Space Age Pop Music page
Date: 21 Dec 1999 07:16:44


Just added to the Space Age Pop Music page:

A new Listener's Guide page on Tapeheads and Sound Effects Geeks, a survey
of tape manipulators and sound effects symphonists like Jim Fassett, Michel
Magne, Bob Prescott, Mel Henke, Ray Martin, and others:

http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/lptape.htm

Comments/corrections/monetary contributions welcome.

Enjoy.

Brad


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Subject: (exotica) non-exotica Q discussion
Date: 21 Dec 1999 08:36:44 EST


In a message dated 12/21/99 3:20:28 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< > From: [e-mail]
 >
 > In a message dated 12/20/99 10:57:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
 > [e-mail] writes:
 >
 > << ``My interpretation of the character was that of a toffee-nosed
 >  English,'' he once said.  >>
 >
 > what is  "toffee-nosed"?
 >

 It means stuck up, snobbish, pretentious.
  >>


funny, because i always thought of "Q" as just being cranky.

tb


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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Joe Higgs,Marion Worth
Date: 21 Dec 1999 10:08:55 -0500


   LOS ANGELES, Dec 20 (AFP) - Reggae legend Joe Higgs, who was
best known for his coaching of Bob Marley, has died of cancer. He
was 59.
   Higgs died at his Los Angeles home Saturday night, the Los
Angeles Times reported.
   Known as the father of reggae music, Higgs spent years
instructing a young Marley in Kingston, Jamaica. The late Marley
later credited Higgs for his international success.
   Higgs also worked with other reggae artists, including Bunny
Wailer, Peter Tosh, Bob Andy, Derrick Harriot, and the Wailing
Souls.
   Higgs moved to Los Angeles 15 years ago because his music about
the plight of the poor in his homeland was frowned upon by the
ruling political party.
   He continued to tour and work with American reggae musicians
until his death.
   Higgs is survived by 12 children.
http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=9:54:12|AM&p=amg&sql=B2892
------------
                           *Marion Worth
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Marion Worth, who had hit country music
records in the early 1960s, died of emphysema Sunday. She was 64.
    Worth, a native of Birmingham, Ala., was known as ``Lady
Marion'' for her dignified bearing and soft, melodic voice.
    ``She was the Patti Page of country music,'' said her friend
Jean Shepard, a fellow singer on the Grand Ole Opry radio show.
    Worth's biggest hit was ``That's My Kind of Love,'' in 1960.
After it reached No. 5, she followed it up with the No. 7 hit ``I
Think I Know.''
    Born Mary Ann Ward, she got her start by winning a Birmingham
talent contest. That led to a show on WVOK Radio. She joined the
cast of the Grand Ole Opry radio show in 1963 and stayed on until
the mid-1970s.
    Worth's other hits include ``Shake Me I Rattle (Squeeze Me I
Cry)'' and ``Slipping Around,'' a duet with George Morgan.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - ``Lady'' Marion Worth, sultry ballad singer on the
Grand Ole Opry for 17 years, died Sunday at Tennessee Christian Medical Center
of complications from emphysema, her daughter Joyce said on Monday.

Worth, one of the first country music performers to appear at Carnegie Hall,
was 64.

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, she learned piano from her father but later
took up guitar. After working for a time as a bookkeeper for a recording
company, she launched  her music career with her own radio show.

During the 1950s she was one of several female singers, including Loretta Lynn
and Kitty Wells, who broke down the tradition of using women only as background
singers in country music.

The petite singer performed on the Opry from 1963 until her retirement in 1980.
Her recordings for Columbia and Decca Records included her top hit ``Shake Me,
I Rattle'' which crossed over into pop and became a Christmas song, ``Crazy
Arms'', ``Are You Willing, Willie'', ``A Woman Needs Love'' and ``Mama Says''.

http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=9:58:26|AM&p=amg&sql=B194379
---------
Val Pringle who wrote songs for Harry Belafonte, performed with Eartha Kitt and acted in "Ragtime'' and other movies.
December 13, 1999
Details at http://elvispelvis.com/valpringle.htm
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) radio multikulti
Date: 21 Dec 1999 11:19:29 -0500


http://www.multikulti.de/

Does anyone listen to Berlin's Radio Multikulti?

Too much on offer there. I haven't gotten past Sabah Habas Mustapha (younger brother of the 3 Mustaphas 3 clan)'s show. To find his show, go to URL above, click on "program", click on "SA" for Saturday, go down to 13:05 and click to listen to the RealPlayer audiostream.

If anyone can suggest other worthwhile programs at the site to listen to, I'll be much appreciative.

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From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Yma Sumac news! (from MTV!)
Date: 21 Dec 1999 08:50:18 -0800


Believe it not, found this story on the MTV website!
http://www.mtv.com/news/headlines/991221/story4.html

Kevin Crossman

Exotica Queen Yma Sumac Returns On New
Compilation, Plans Tour
                              Yma Sumac


Lounge enthusiasts with an ear for the bizarre who find themselves
with some extra cash after the holidays my want to keep an eye out
for a new 21-track collection from exotica queen Yma Sumac.

The diva (whose five-octave range reached a new generation of
fans on Capitol Records' recent "Ultra Lounge" series) will see the
release of "The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection" on January 11,
and is also planning to tour in support of the album.

In addition to some of Sumac's best known (and most off-beat)
tracks, the collection will also carry three previously unreleased
tunes: "Negrito Filomino," "Huayno" and "Inca Waltz."

Sumac lore holds that the singer hails from Ichocan, Peru (high in
the Andes mountains) and was brought to the U.S. by musicologist
Moises Vivanco. While the singer claimed her given name was
Ziola Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo and that she was a
direct descendent of Incan emperor Athualpa, others maintain that
Sumac is actually Brooklyn's Amy Camus.

Regardless of this murky background (or perhaps because of it),
Sumac hooked up with Capitol Records and turned her blend of
traditional South American songs and cocktail sounds into a string
of successful albums in the '50s. Sumac ranked with that era's giants
of exotica like Les Baxter and Martin Denny, but slipped from favor
after the '50s drew to a close.

With the retro-lounge movement of the mid-to-late '90s, Sumac
gained new commercial life when Capitol released the "Ultra
Lounge" series as well as a number of her classic titles including
"Voice Of Xtabay," "Mambo," and "Legend Of The Sun Virgin."

                                  -- Robert Mancini


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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Les McCann Ltd.
Date: 21 Dec 1999 19:18:15 +0100


"m.ace" wrote:

> Speaking of Latin Now Sound (Nat), does anyone know more about Les McCann?

I can't tell you more about the man, but I can recommend his compilation in
Verve's Talkin' Verve series. Eighteen tracks, including the great "Compared to
what?", a cover of "Goin' out of my head" and of course "Watermelon man".
And did you know that in my CD collection Les McCann is filed between Shelly
Manne and Tommy McCook? Just for your information...

Marco

--
 Marco "Kallie" Kalnenek
+------------------------------------------+
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Yma Sumac news! (from MTV!)
Date: 21 Dec 1999 15:19:04 EST


In a message dated 12/21/99 11:49:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< "The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection" on January 11,
 and is also planning to tour in support of the album. >>

planning a tour!?!?!?  i wonder if cussing at the audience will become part
of her standard repertoire?

skip, you involved in this???

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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" Dec 22, 1999
Date: 21 Dec 1999 17:09:16 -0500


"Mondo Bongos" can be heard every Wednesday mornings at 9 on CFRU 93.3fm in
Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

Sy Mann - Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer "Switched On Santa"
The Swinging Buildings - Praying for a Cheaper Christmas "Chansons Noel:
Ghosts of Christmas Past"

Kid Creole - Bongo Eddie's Lament "Doppelganger"
Magic Merry Band - Tico Tico "Bimbo Jet" [thanks Cheryl & Brian]
Chris Kalogerson & The Ensemble Sharqi - Monaagah "Belly Dancing for
Everyone"

Diabolic Man - Diabolic Man "Bimbo Jet"
Galapagos Duck - The Removalists Theme "Groovy Soundtracks"
House of Represenatives - Cages "Groovy Soundtracks"
Armando Trovaioli - Dove Vai Tutta Nuda "Beat at Cinecitta Vol 3"

Richard Hayman - The Look of Love "Best of Moog"
Astroslut - Bedazzled "Love at Zero G" [thanx Jane]
Astroslut - Sophisticated Mr Sleaze "Love at Zero G"
Esquivel - Jingle Bells "Hi-Fidelity Holiday"

Lord Sitar - Emerald City "Lord Sitar"

Until next time...
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Montreal advice sought
Date: 21 Dec 1999 17:57:41 -0500 (EST)


Hi, I'm taking a short trip to Montreal from 12/26 to 12/29, and would greatly appreciate record shop/general cool things advice.  Please, please drop me an email before 1800 EST on Thursday if you have any tips for me.

thanks very much, Jonny

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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Robert Bresson
Date: 21 Dec 1999 18:52:19 -0500


    PARIS (AP) -- Robert Bresson, the film director whose austere
approach helped redefine French cinema and paved the way for
France's New Wave movement, has died, French television reported
today. He was 98.
    The LCI channel quoted members of Bresson's family as saying the
director died Saturday. No cause of death was given.
    Often using untrained actors coached to speak in flat monotones,
Bresson believed the most poignant stories defied words and were
best told with images.
    Critics said Bresson played a unique role in the development of
French cinema. A man who defied categorization, he was the ultimate
loner, belonging to no particular school of cinematography.
    In ``Pickpocket,'' (1959) widely regarded as his most brilliant
film, Bresson pared down the compulsive art of lifting wallets to
its barest psychological elements. Coinciding with the budding New
Wave cinema, the film became a reference for the generation of
young filmmakers spearheaded by Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc
Godard.
    In ``La Femme Douce'' (1969), starring the 19-year-old Dominique
Sanda in her first screen role, Bresson painted an ironic tale of
obsessive love. Using flashbacks, he allowed the viewer to unravel
the mystery of the opening scene: a young woman who throws herself
off a building.
    Bresson also was interested in extreme, real-life situations.
``A Man Escaped,'' which won Bresson the best director award at the
1957 Cannes Film Festival, was based on the true story of a French
Resistance fighter who escaped from the Gestapo's Fort Montluc
prison in Lyon.
    Born on Sept. 25, 1901, in Bromont-Lamothe, the son of a
military officer, Bresson first studied to become a painter. He
made his first film in 1934, ``Affaires Publiques'' (Public
Affairs), based on three days in the life of an imaginary dictator.
    During World War II, Bresson spent a year in a German prisoner
of war camp. He returned home in 1943 to make ``Les Anges du
Peche'' (The Angels of Sin) and ``Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne''
(Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne) in 1945.
    Bresson was known as a quiet, solitary, even secretive man.
    Critics said the turning point of his career came in 1951 with
the film adaptation of the Georges Bernanos classic ``Journal d'un
Cure de Campagne'' (Diary of a Country Priest), the story of an
ailing priest who tries, unsuccessfully, to connect spiritually
with his parishioners.
    Bresson's final work, ``L'Argent'' (Money) was based on a short
story by Leo Tolstoy. It won the Grand Prix du Cinema de Creation
in Cannes in 1983. Comparing it to a Greek tragedy, critics said it
expressed Bresson's dismal vision of a society in which appearances
count more than values. The film also won a major New York film
critics' award in 1984.
    Bresson was married twice. Details on funeral arrangements and
survivors were not immediately clear.
http://filmsound.studienet.org/articles/bresson.htm
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Bresson,+Robert
http://www.nyfavideo.com/content/cat-BRESSON.htm
http://www.6degrees.co.uk/features/mag_art115.htm
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From: Fish Wich <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Yma Sumac news! (from MTV!)
Date: 21 Dec 1999 18:45:23 -0800 (PST)


Speaking of Yma... I scanned the page of the EMI Music
new release catalogue that gives a little information
about the new Yma Sumac collection that's mentioned in
the story from MTV News.  You can look at the image at
http://yma.cjb.net/  The album is scheduled for
release on January 11.

--- "Kevin C." <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Believe it not, found this story on the MTV website!
> http://www.mtv.com/news/headlines/991221/story4.html
>
> Exotica Queen Yma Sumac Returns On New
> Compilation, Plans Tour

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Subject: Re: (exotica) Yma Sumac news! (from MTV!)
Date: 21 Dec 1999 22:23:28 EST


In a message dated 12/21/99 6:46:01 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Speaking of Yma... I scanned the page of the EMI Music
 new release catalogue >>


i am tellin' ya!  if Y2K had a face --- it would look like Yma!

tb


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Subject: (exotica) Dean Elliott - Tom & Jerry
Date: 21 Dec 1999 22:42:28 -0500


Probably not news, but I just caught a Tom & Jerry cartoon (Chuck Jones
era, and even more sadistic than usual) with music credited to Dean
Elliott. Good chaotic stuff.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Dean Elliott - Tom & Jerry
Date: 21 Dec 1999 19:52:14 -0800


At 10:42 PM 21-12-99 -0500, m.ace wrote:
>Probably not news, but I just caught a Tom & Jerry cartoon (Chuck Jones
>era, and even more sadistic than usual) with music credited to Dean
>Elliott. Good chaotic stuff.

He must have been fairly active in the cartoon music biz.  I met a friend
of mine because she saw my website mention him...she was interested in him
for the music he wrote for some Dr. Seuss cartoon.  Not sure what cartoon,
though.

Byron

Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Dean Elliott - Tom & Jerry
Date: 22 Dec 1999 08:04:48 EST


In a message dated 12/21/99 7:55:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< she was interested in him
 for the music he wrote for some Dr. Seuss cartoon.  Not sure what cartoon,
 though.
  >>


The Lorax maybe???


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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Stanley Meyer
Date: 22 Dec 1999 09:42:04 -0500


                           *Stanley Meyer
    SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- Stanley Meyer, executive producer
and a co-owner of the ``Dragnet'' television series, died Saturday
of heart failure. He was 85.
    The producer claimed that his health was weakened by the 1994
earthquake and lengthy litigation with his insurance company over
repairs to his home. In 1997, Superior Court jurors awarded $5.4
million to Meyer and his wife, Doris.
    In addition to his ``Dragnet'' TV production company Mark VII,
Meyer was chairman of Filmaster Ltd., which helped produce such
popular early series as ``Pete Kelly's Blues,'' ``Gunsmoke'' and
``Have Gun Will Travel.''
-=-=-
           C O P Y R I G H T * R E M I N D E R

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Subject: (exotica) MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! (or the appropriate celebration for you for
Date: 22 Dec 1999 09:37:37 -0500



Have a happy holidays everyone - and may that dusty, disarranged, =
ready-to-fall-at-any-moment thrift store vinyl pile contain your every =
"want list" find during the new year!!!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! (or the appropriate celebration for you for
Date: 22 Dec 1999 10:56:13 EST



>
>Have a happy holidays everyone - and may that dusty, disarranged,
>ready-to-fall-at-any-moment thrift store vinyl pile contain your every
>"want list" find during the new year!!!
>
>  - Nate
>
Right on, bruddah!  I am sorry the normally verbose and boisterous Ms. F has
been so silent, but I went back to Tampa for a spell(not a lot of rekkids,
but nice View Masters, including the KODAK HULA SHOW, and 6ts-7ts Worlds
Fair, also Playboy avec Serge and Jane!)...and this new job whicha keeps me
busy!  But as soon as I get a handle on it, and a home computer, I'll be
blazing back.
>Love to all whom want it----from Jane Fondle
>ps:  get the LOU RAWLS Xmas album, #%* %@%  it!!!
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From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Yma Sumac news! (from MTV!)
Date: 22 Dec 1999 08:18:03 -0800


Not having yet sampled much Yma Sumac, except on the Mondo Exotica
collection, how does this collection look to you all?  Being a Les
Baxter fan, would I be better off getting Voice of the Xtaby instead?

The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection
1. Taita Inty
2. Najala's Lament
3. Ataypura
4. Bo Mambo
5. Kuyaway
6. Tumpa
7. Taki Rari
8. Chuncho
9. Monos
10. Suray Surita
11. Wanka
12. Negrito Filomeno
13. Huayno
14. Inca Waltz
15. Babalu
16. Wimoweh
17. Xtabay
18. La Molina
19. Llora Corazon
20. La Pampa Y La Puna
21. Virgenes Del Sol

-Kevin Crossman


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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A Great New 99 Christmas Album
Date: 22 Dec 1999 08:25:04 -0800 (PST)




Every now and then the people in the music business align just right to
produce a wonderful Christmas album.   Its been awhile for me but finally in
1999 along comes " El Christmas:  The World In Winter"    El records is
associated with the wonderful and mysterious Mike Alway who goes under
various names when making his music, ( ex: " Fantastic Everlasting
Gobstopper")

This album also includes contributions from Louis Phiilippe whose teamed up
with Mike Alway on other great collections on the Siesta label  and Momus.
These are three major leaders in the modern soft indie pop scene.

The album consists of 16 songs,  14 new compositions and marverlous remake of
"Goodnight"  It has, what I consider are some modern day  Christmas classics.
The style ranges from Beach Boy influenced, to girl group sound, to sunshine
pop (theres a remake of the Cowsills' Rain the Park and Other Things".   Its
a surprise to hear a 64 styled girl group song on here. Don't get me wrong
though its not produced like Phil Spector or written by the great Brill
Building writers.  One of the songs starts off with seagull sounds and I was
hoping for a Shadow Morton Shangrilas adventure but got a more Bananarama
sound

Theres a guitar sound on one of the songs straight from 65.   One of the
Louis Phillipe songs, "The Thirteenth Day Of Christmas"  is up to his high
standards and is extremely well written in a mid 60s style with his stamp all
over it.

The album is generally solid but there are some week and obnoxious cuts.
Generally it has a little more of a 60s stamp than Mike Alway and Louis
Philippe usually have.  However some of the songs really are classics.  One
song that desrves special mention is "Psychedlic Christmas" a late 60's style
romp that is sure to get airplay on college radio.

On a similiar vein comes a newly written Christmas cd single, "Lonely
Christmas" by Jonnny Diamond, (Easy Tune 1995)  produced by Arling & Cameron.
 This is a beautiful and sad Christmas song sung softly and beautifully by
Jonny Diamond, who I don't know anything about.

Also worth mentioning, though only a few songs would appeal to members of
these lists,   is a V/A compilation put together by L A DJ Rodney
Bingenheimer on Dionysus Records called " Santa's Got A GTO"  For me the best
song  is the Ramona's title cut.   A little modern punk on top of a great
60's melody.  Generally the album is power pop but the Wondermints turn in a
great version of "Ski Party"  (which I enjoyed watching on AMC last Sat
night).

I Wish You All a Jolly Jolly Christmas Filled With Music
Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

np  The Retro Coctail Hour's Christmas Show in  real audio

Also I understand there was a Van Dyke Parks concert in London and Tobias and
others were there.  Any reviews are welcome, thanks.








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Subject: (exotica) Truly Scary Christmas Recording.....
Date: 22 Dec 1999 10:42:14 -0500


On a compilation someone threw together a few years ago, there's some =
dialog tracks thrown in from someone's twisted interpretation of the Three =
Stooges (with Curley Joe I suspect.....) in the recording studio trying to =
cut a funny 12 Days of Christmas song.

The boys argue with each other and complain while a studio guy tries to =
get the sound effects just right.  The Stooges also have heavy Jewish =
"accents."

What the hell is this???  Anybody?

Thanks -

Woo woo woo woo wooo - Nate




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Subject: Re: (exotica) Truly Scary Christmas Recording.....
Date: 22 Dec 1999 09:30:22 -0800 (PST)


I have no idea what this is Nathan but in the same vein I would like to
mention a version of "White Christmas"  by Plunderphonics available on a
Johan da da Vis Christmas collection cd.  Its all slowed down/speeded up and
distorted and phased,  sometimes totally beyond recognition.  I wouldn't play
this song in the dark.

I highly recommend Johans Christmas cds.  They are fantastic!   A really wild
ride!

On a similiar note, Ron Grandia put together 2 Christmas cds to die for.
Really missed the new comps from both of them this year, but its great to
have these 4 cds to play this Christmas.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

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> On a compilation someone threw together a few years ago, there's some
> dialog tracks thrown in from someone's twisted interpretation of the Three
> the sound effects just right.  The Stooges also have heavy Jewish
> "accents."
>
> What the hell is this???  Anybody?
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Subject: Re: (exotica) A Great New 99 Christmas Album
Date: 22 Dec 1999 14:00:31 -0500


>great version of "Ski Party"  (which I enjoyed watching on AMC last Sat
>night).

I dunno what you've been putting in your eggnog, but for the rest of us it
was "Winter A-Go-Go". ;o)


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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! (or the appropriate
Date: 22 Dec 1999 15:43:03 -0500


At 09:37 AM 12/22/99 -0500, Nathan Miner wrote:
>
>
>Have a happy holidays everyone - and may that dusty, disarranged,
ready-to-fall-at-any-moment thrift store vinyl pile contain your every
"want list" find during the new year!!!

OR...

May you continue to find things you had no idea how much you wanted till
you saw them.  And may your want list continue to grow.
And may you make peace with the fact that you'll never have it all.

Nat




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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Bas Sheva
Date: 22 Dec 1999 22:06:19 EST


Happy Holidays to you all :)

I don't run across Bas Sheva records everyday (do YOU?!?!), but I did score
*something* today with her as the featured artist.  Just seeing her name in
silver letters on a purple Captiol label gave me goose bumps.

This is a 78, Bas-Sheva (they used a dash) with the Harold Mooney Orchestra
doing "Caravan" backed with "My Mother's Lullaby".  She sings and also moans
and groans like she does on "The Passions".

Any leads on more of her recordings?

Thanks  :)


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From: Dj Batman <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Yma Sumac album
Date: 22 Dec 1999 23:57:07 +0100


http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=481630629//RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/a
rtistid=SUMAC*YMA/itemid=1018102

I think I'm gonna try this one!
CDnow has cover pic and confirms 11 jan as a release date (advance orders
accepted).

Nicola/DjB


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From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Truly Scary Christmas Recording.....
Date: 23 Dec 1999 00:19:42 -0800



On a compilation someone threw together a few years ago, there's some dialog
tracks thrown in from someone's twisted interpretation of the Three Stooges
(with Curley Joe I suspect.....) in the recording studio trying to cut a
funny 12 Days of Christmas song.

It's a fan-feckkin'tastic comp CD called "Christmas Party with Eddie G"
Eddie was a writer for SNL...Maybe Lettermand too... dunno.. anyway he made
these crazy mix-tapes for a few years, and it blossomed into a real-live
comp complete with "tween" bits that he wrote and recorded with Billy West
(Voice of Stimpy and a bajillion other toons) West does a haunting Larry
Fine on this CD, and the voice of Moe and the low-self-esteem Curly Joe
Besser are not to believed!  A few VERY mean Jokes about dead stooges are
thrown in for good measure. (Just the name "Shemp" sends me into paroxysms
of glee.)

Music's TOPS, too. A must have. I'm sure you could search it on CDnow,
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Subject: (exotica) out in the cold on New Year's?
Date: 23 Dec 1999 04:01:28 EST


Fear not weary, but potential, partiers

I am DJing for the best NY show in town and am offering you tickets at the
original discounted price
(I believe the price is now $30)
read on:


         THE BEST, MOST EXCLUSIVE NEW YEAR'S PARTY EVER!

         UNDERWATER SLUMBER PARTY!

         Spend New Year's Eve aboard Cap'n Chickering's

                            SHIP OF FOOLS

                          The SS Dammit! Presents:

                             ROCK THE BOAT

         Wave Bon Voyage to the 20th century and assemble on the
small beach town of Sellville, Long Island. We'll christen the
SS Dammit for her last 3-hour tour, as we set sail for points of
electronic ignitions unknown!

         Along the way we have a cruise-ship-style Variety Show featuring
entertainment you'll die/kill/suicide for! Hosted by admirable
Admiral Hal Robins, surely the Rime of the Ancient Mariner may come
to mind as Hal faces his mightiest foe, the rum-crazed
Pirates of the Caribbean.

         If you don't understand any of this, don't worry-- you'll
understand even LESS after enjoying the hospitality of our

****************** SELF-SERVICE  OPEN BAR ****************************

included with the price of admission...

         Come with us Under the Sea, where we find Atlantis City, home of
the Sea Monkey King, who has a corner on the market for comic book
advertising...

                             Babes to Die For

         Our opening act will feature... The Roller-Ettes. NOT the
Devil-Ettes, Ladies and Germs, but a small splinter group from that troupe.
Gentlemen, these lovelies form a spectacle your bulging eyes and
slavering libidos will long remember, as clad in costumes cut so low,
in outfits so minimally skimpy that most dry cleaners won't accept
them for servicing. They perform their sensual, uninhibited undulations
  all on roller skates! Yowza!

                             We'll Rock YOUR Boat

         Throughout the night we have the exotic, erotic and psychotic
sounds of Chris Campbell's new lounge act, DOGFISH. And a special surprise
band to top the night off!

         D.J. Otto von Stroheim will spin to the wee hours until it's time
for beddy-bye in the Luxury Sleeping Cabin. Yes, all are welcome, are
encouraged to sleep over, rocked on the cradle of the deep. Bring
sleeping bags to keep in our Coat Check; recline on couches, mattresses
and other comfy stuff. After all, it's the ONLY underwater slumber party
for at least 500 miles in any direction-- or HALF your money back!

                              A Supreme Spectacle

         Now, when we say "underwater," we're not asking everyone to
"imagine" the setting; this isn't some Junior High Prom-style conceit,
abetted by a few lame decorations. No, I, Chicken John, promise you
absolutely MIND-BREAKING special effects, of a type we can't,
and won't prematurely disclose. But if you'll remember how we shot Rev.
David Apocalypse out of a cannon, ON FIRE last year, be assured that
THE SAME engineers will be at work on this mammoth project, creating
INTERACTIVE thrills of jaw-dropping splendor! It'll be kinda like being IN
some sort of Disaster Movie!

                              UNLIMITED Booze

         That's right, your ticket INCLUDES the privilege of drinking AS
MUCH AS YOU CAN, matey! Once you get in, the self-service open bar is
free, free, FREE! Remember, OTHER shows you see advertised, with a higher
ticket price than mine, CHARGE for the drinks AFTER you get in, and
because it's New Years, they will charge more for drinks as well!
NOT SO aboard the jolly SS Dammit, where the liquor flows freely
through the long night. But it doesn't end there!

                              Wake up in 2000 A.D.

         The next morning, we offer breakfast and coffee-- and even
cartoons! Treat yourself to a sumptuous breakfast cooked by Master Chef
and rugged individualist Robert Burke in our Hair of the Dog Kitchen.
(This year, we won't use Insecta's pans without cleaning them first.) And
as you munch and crunch your delicious repast, as you look at each other
it'll all start to sink in:


                            How to Get Tickets (Important)

contact [e-mail] and let The Roller-Ettes sell you one for
only $25!!! (limited supply)


                                Ticket Outlets

         Tickets will also be available at the Odeon bar, Shuck and Jive
junk store, Leather Tongue Video, and through Chicken John at phone:
415-695-2884
Or the e-mail   [e-mail]



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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Gertie Louise Hemphill,Roland Stone
Date: 23 Dec 1999 10:14:59 -0500


                       *Gertie Louise Hemphill
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gertie Louise Hemphill, a member of the
gospel music trio The Hemphill Singers, died Sunday of heart
failure. She was 65.
    Mrs. Hemphill formed the trio in 1956 with her husband James
Hemphill and lead singer Margaret Spence.
    The group appeared on television gospel shows and worked as
backup singers for rock 'n' roll star Little Richard.
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                            *John Lyday
    GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- John Lyday, a retired Greensboro surgeon
and inspiration for the character Trapper John in the film and
television series ``M A S H'', died Monday. He was 78.
    Lyday served in the 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in
Korea alongside another surgeon, Dr. Dick Hornberger.
    Hornberger later wrote a book based on his experiences under the
pen name Richard Hooker. It became the basis for the 1970 movie and
TV series ``M A S H.''
    Although Hornberger borrowed pieces of personalities for
characters, he had Lyday in mind when he created Trapper John,
played in the movie by Elliott Gould and on television by Wayne
Rogers, Lyday's daughter Carolyn Lyday said.
    When actress Loretta Swit, who played Maj. Margaret Houlihan in
the series, visited Greensboro, Lyday appeared with her on a local
television show.
-------------------
Roland Stone (Leblanc) died of complications in routine surgery on
Wednesday, December 22, 1999.  A New Orleans singer since 1957 and an
original member of the "Jokers," Roland had regional hits with "Just A
Moment Of Your Time," "Something Special," and  "Preacher's Daughter"
among others.  Roland was in his late-50's.
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) annoying cd
Date: 23 Dec 1999 11:08:30 -0500


Did anybody ever post info on the "Annoying Music" CD from out of Chicago?  I e-mailed and received a form letter saying 80 percent is full songs but no indication of any performers or even styles.

LT


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From: "Jane Fondle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) MOOOOG
Date: 23 Dec 1999 14:09:46 EST


Yes, Robert Moog pronounces his name with a long O!  But as a proud MOOG
owner myself, in addition to dozens of MOOG rekkids, I pronounce it
oooooooo!
Why else would the puns have been made of MOOG GROOVE, THE PLASTIC COW GOES
MOOG, etc?
Jane Fondle, electra queen of the galaxy, and holder of the #14 spot on the
new LUXURIA website....for "Fondue Rendevous", thankyou!
Happy Holidays, I'm outta here until Monday!
PS-GET THYSELF READY FOR THE "WHAT WAS THE FIRST SONG YOU SPUN OF 2000"
BONANZA!(Right, Chuck!!?!?"
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From: "Mats ╓ljare" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Festivus
Date: 24 Dec 1999 01:42:14 GMT


Merry Festivus,everone!

Mats ╓ljare
http://www.angelfire.com/mo/oljare
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Date: 23 Dec 1999 21:30:28 EST


In a message dated 12/23/99 5:42:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Merry Festivus,everone! >>


    FESTIVUS ---------   FOR THE REST OF US ! ! ! ! ! !


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) CD Now and coupons
Date: 23 Dec 1999 22:01:50 EST


this is one of the cheaper CDs you can get at CD Now.


VA-Baby's First Christmas: Baby's First Christmas

CD  $1.49
List $ 1.98  Add to Cart
Save to Wish List


Does anybody have any others that will be cheap and help add to the the min.
required for the 10 dollar off  a 15 dollar order?

those 14.99 ones are a little restrictive!

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From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) new releases SHADO Records, Italy
Date: 24 Dec 1999 12:41:48 +0100


S.H.A.D.O.  UPDATE DECEMBER 1999

   Upcoming releases:

   out the 5th February 2000
   various artists - HARPSICHORD 2000
    format: CD - 2 x 10" limited

    This is the first event of a series of
    compilations dedicated to the analogue
    and archaic instruments. Not a collection
    of bands or musical styles, it is a declaration
    of love some bands decide to do for a
    vanished instruments.
    HARPSICHORD 2000
    is a tribute for this beutiful
    baroque instrument, and its alike (harpsichord,
    clavichord, clavinet, spinetta, etc.).
    All the bands  writed an unreleased song for this
    and played the harpsichord in their tracks.
    Here's the tracklist:

     - REMINGTON SUPER 60 / Norway
     - MOMUS / UK
     - ELECTROSCOPE / UK
     - CINERAMA / UK
     - DIE MOULINETTES / Germany
     - MICROMARS / Norway
     - VALVOLA / Italy
     - ASTROBLACK STEREO / Italy
     - STEREO TOTAL / Germany
     - THE SECRET GOLDFISH / UK
     - MAKE UP / USA
     - VOLUME ALL STAR / USA
     - THE BARRY GEMSO EXPERIENCE / UK
     - COUNT INDIGO / UK

   Out the 15th of February 2000
    MICROMARS - Pop Modulaire - CD

MICROMARS, the space-age bachelor pad post-pop identity of
one-man band orchestra Christer Andre Jensen from Norway.
He utilizes nearly 50 years of soniuc tech-nology to create his most
ambitious outing to date. Melodies deiven by French foreign film
samples, fouond sounds from NASA, Farfisas, vocoders and
distorted Stratocasters blend into bossanova shuffles, all of which
makes even the most steely, techno-logical output sound pleas-antly
homespun and organic. Micromars wield the familiar sixties-styled
futurist pop elements we know and love - warbling analog synthesizers,
lighter-than-air vocals and percolating, samba-drone rhythms -- with
skill and aplomb. You'll feel like you're ambling easily through a
spacious international airport, brightly colored Pan Am bag in tow.
For fans of STEREOLAB,
ST. ETIENNE, ARTHUR LYMAN.
This release includes the american debut album (International Pop
Modulation, licensed by Audio Information Phenomena), + two
unreleased tracks: Blip.2 / Thermolumnescent.


OUT THE 5th of MARCH
       REMINGTON SUPER 60 - Pling 2001 (debut album) - CD

REMINGTON SUPER 60 are a  boy/girl group from Norway, with the
sweetest of Beach Boys melodies, accompanied on acoustic guitars,
electronic organs with alien bleeps and silly percussive effects.
Christoffer Schou, Benedicte and Magnus are at their easies amongst
toy-keyboards and old sixties pop songs. Their sound is a between of
LIO (french popstar), High Llamas and the Beach Boys.
This debut album includes 14 songs, following a CD-ep released in Japan
(Automatic Kiss records), and a 7" -Lost kid- released in Norway (on
Mikedroner).  A fantastic debut!


TO COME:
     ASTRO BLACK STEREO - Debut album - CD/LP
     VARIOUS ARTISTS - The man from O.R.G.A.N. - CD/LP
     VALVOLA - Second official album - CD/LP


LATEST NEWS FROM
VALVOLA:

Out on the 18th of January2000:
"All the songs from Teenagers film their own life
 as played by VALVOLA" - CD
This is the us version of the great debut album of the band,
+ 3 remixed trks, licensed by Third Gear.

Out on February 2000:
VALVOLA & DJ SPECTRA - "A disappointed love with a desensitized robot" -

10"
licensed by Pickled Egg (UK).
This is a minialbum with 6 unreleased tracks.

Out on March 2000:
VALVOLA - 3 tracks - 7", licensed by Short Fuse (UK)

Out on March 2000:
Various artists - YR AGOG Compilation - CD, licensed by OGGUM records
(UK).
Some bands on it:
ELECTROSCOPE, HYDROPLANE, FLYING SAUCER ATTACK, ECTOGRAM, NIMBUS 2000,
STYLUS, LONGSTONE, ALPHANE MOON.
Valvola will feature in this compilation with two unreleased tracks:
"Autodrome 70" and "Chocolate city".



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Date: 24 Dec 1999 11:33:22 EST



In a message dated 12/23/99 2:10:30 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>PS-GET THYSELF READY FOR THE "WHAT WAS THE FIRST SONG YOU SPUN OF 2000"
>BONANZA!(

End the year with Mike Flowers take on 1999...
Start the new one off with 2001 off the Further In Flight Entertainment
(since I can't find a song with 2000)


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Subject: Re: (exotica) MOOOOG
Date: 24 Dec 1999 14:57:35 -0500


DJJimmy wrote:

> End the year with Mike Flowers take on 1999...
> Start the new one off with 2001 off the Further In Flight Entertainment
> (since I can't find a song with 2000)

Lucia Pamela's "In the Year 2000!!!" from "Into Outer Space with..."

Helpfully Yours,

Allan

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Subject: Re:  (exotica) MOOOOG
Date: 24 Dec 1999 16:16:45 -0500


At 11:33 AM 12/24/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:
>Start the new one off with 2001 off the Further In Flight Entertainment
>(since I can't find a song with 2000)

"It's so very lonely when you're two (????) thousand light years from home"

Or something like that.



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From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Vera Lynn
Date: 24 Dec 1999 16:03:17 -0800 (PST)



Not exactly exotica, but does anyone have a copy of
Vera Lynn's The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot
that I could borrow?

I'd sure appreciate it.

Let me know!
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From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  Truly Scary Christmas Recording: Plunderphonics
Date: 25 Dec 1999 14:41:25 +0100


    I had the "copyright violation squad" cassette copy of
Plunderphonics, but sold it. Too experimental and industrial for me, except
for a couple of  tracks, including "White Christmas".

    the "Christmas collection cd's" Chuck mentioned are "radio
fantastica" shows, xmas episodes made in 97 and 98. but since that show is
non-stop anyway, it doubles as "compilation" CD. i didn't make a new one
this year.

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Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
Date: 25 Dec 1999 19:06:30 -0600


Holiday cheer abounds on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour
webcast.  We've stirred up some Yuletide spirits by Steve and
Eydie, Julie London, The Souful Strings, the Randy van Horne
Singers and more, plus exotic space age stocking stuffers from
The Three Suns, Leo Addeo (dig those ocarinas and bass
accordion!), Pete Rugolo and Dean Elliot, among others.

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, just go to:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

Or listen to the realtime, STEREO webcast right now (Saturday
7:00pm to 9:00pm Central time) at:

http://kanu.ukans.edu/realaudio/index.htm

Both require a minimum 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer.

Happy holidays to all!



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Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, December 26
Date: 26 Dec 1999 11:30:01 -0500


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome.


Space Bop #77  Music To Take You Into The Next Millennium (Part One)

This week and next, we'll be featuring music that's representative of
our favourite emerging new sounds.  We hope this is the way music will
continue to evolve, between interesting original pieces and innovative
sampling, showing influences from everything and everywhere imaginable.

Czerkinsky:  Czerkinsky  "Czerkinsky"
Bobby Hughes Experience:  Seasons  "Jet Society"
Mo'Horizons:  Foto Viva  "Jet Society"

Nicola Conte:  Bossa Per Due  "Jet Society"
Montefiori Cocktail:  Another B  "Raccolta No. 1"

Ursula 1000:  Very Leggy  "The Now Sound Of Ursula 1000"
Dean Martin & Julie London:  Sway (remix by Rip-Off Artist)
"Electro-Lounge"
Take Rodriguez:  Arigato (Miss Suizenzi)  "Riddim A Di Omniverse"

DJ Me DJ You:  Take Your Medication  "Simplemachinerock"
Dimitri From Paris:  Sacre Francais  "Sacre Bleu"


Thanks for reading.


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From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Martin Denny Christmas
Date: 26 Dec 1999 14:18:07 -0800


Gave:
Exotica 1 and 2 (scamp cd)
Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny (capitol boxed set)

Got:
Breakfast of Champions Soundtrack (sounds great)
Exotica- Best of Martin Denny (rhino comp)

You can never have too much Martin Denny around...

-Kevin Crossman


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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Uke plug
Date: 27 Dec 1999 01:04:43 +0000


I was delighted to stumble across this page

http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~cnet/after5/ukulele.html

It's in Japanese, but there are plenty of graphics of ukeleles, including
cool oval bodied ones, and ephemera.  True exotica.

Hugh.

PS I've decided that if I don't like the 2000's, I'm going back to the 1960's.




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Subject: (exotica) new year's tv (with Shemp content)
Date: 26 Dec 1999 20:38:05 -0500


Hmmm, that's a weird feeling... TV Scavenger now extends into 2000.
http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/tvscavenger.html

Running a double filter...

Another Chaplin Monday night on TCM.

More early morning Keaton features on AMC.

In Like Flint (1967)
AMC - Late Tuesday, 3:05am (eastern)

Profiles: George Shearing
Bravo (US) - Wednesday afternoon, 3:00pm

Jetsons Marathon
Cartoon Network - Thursday morning, 10:00am
to Friday night, Midnight

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
AMC - Thursday night, 8:00pm, 2:30am

For those of you spending New Year's Eve in your Y2K bunker...

TCM does a marathon of Elvis movies from Friday afternoon, 2:00pm to early
Saturday, 5:00am (I particularly recommend the rehearsal/live show
document, Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970) at 6:00pm).

AMC does a 4 hour Three Stooges marathon Friday night from Midnight to
4:00am. Repeating Saturday afternoon, Noon to 4:00pm (unless they've put
two separate programs together (doubt it)).

A Shot In The Dark (1964)
AMC - Friday night, 10:05pm

American Drinks: History In A Glass
2 hour show, but if you want to save time, cocktails are covered in the
first segment.
History - Late Friday, 2:00am

Blazing Saddles (1974)
Remember Madeline Kahn...
A&E - Early Saturday, 4:00am

The Nutty Professor (1963)
Is this how the press saw "lounge culture" (before it was declared dead)?
AMC - Saturday night, 8:00pm, 2:00am

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
TCM - Saturday night, 8:00pm

Casino Royale (1967)
AMC - Saturday night, 10:00pm, 4:00am

The Future That Never Happened
Sounds like it could be of interest to the retro-fururists among us.
History - Saturday night, 11:00pm, 3:00am

One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Eh, screw the future, let's live in the past (with Raquel and her fur bikini).
TNT - Early Sunday, 4:00am

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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dean Elliott - Tom & Jerry
Date: 27 Dec 1999 07:50:07 -0500


In a message dated 12/23/99 12:34:30 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< >The Lorax maybe???

  Yes, the Lorax is credited to Elliott.  A good list of credits can be had
here:

  http://us.imdb.com/Name?Elliott,+Dean+(I)

  Also, I believe that Elliott did several of the Seuss specials, one site
  credits him with "Cat in the Hat" and I also think that he did "Hoober
  Bloob Highway" as well.

  Brian Phillips >>

you might want to sent this post to the list.  i thought i remembered the
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Subject: Re: (exotica) MOOOOG
Date: 27 Dec 1999 09:06:34 EST




>
>"It's so very lonely when you're two (????) thousand light years from home"
>
>Or something like that.
>
Stones, dude!
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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Calvin Crawford,Norman E. Rothstein,Tito Guizar,Peter Jeffrey,
Date: 27 Dec 1999 10:08:40 -0500


                          *Calvin Crawford
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Calvin Crawford, the bass player in
``The Country Boys'' band that performed with Grand Ole Opry singer
Little Jimmy Dickens, died Thursday.
    Crawford, 68, had cancer. He played bass for Dickens for 18
years.
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                        *Norman E. Rothstein
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Norman E. Rothstein, a theater producer who
worked with some of Broadway's most famous stars, died Thursday of
cancer. He was 63.
    Rothstein served as general manager or executive producer for
productions of ``The Little Foxes'' starring Elizabeth Taylor,
``The King and I'' with Yul Brynner, ``Peter Pan'' with Sandy
Duncan, and ``Irene,'' starring Debbie Reynolds and Jane Powell.
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                            *Tito Guizar
    SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Tito Guizar, a pioneer of Mexican music and
film, died Friday while visiting his son's home here. He was 91.
    Guizar died of complications from heart problems and pneumonia,
said Jerry Leyva of the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office.
    Born Federico Guizar y Tolentino on April 8, 1908, in
Guadalajara, Mexico, Guizar appeared in more than 20 films and
television shows starting in the 1930s. Most recently, he performed
in the Spanish soap opera ``La Usurpadora.''
    He portrayed himself in ``The Big Broadcast of 1938,'' starring
Bob Hope, W.C. Fields, Dorothy Lamour and Martha Raye. In 1947, he
appeared with Roy Rogers on the TV Western ``On the Old Spanish
Trail.''
    Guizar was perhaps the first Mexican singing star to cross over
to United States audiences. During the 1930s, he performed in a
weekly bilingual radio program, ``Tito Guizar and His Guitar,''
which was broadcast nationwide on CBS.
    Earlier this year, Guizar received the Golden Eagle award from
the Hispanic group Nosotros, given to artists who reflect with
dignity the image of Hispanic people.
http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=9:59:38|AM&p=amg&sql=B207524
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 *Peter Jeffrey
    LONDON (AP) -- Actor Peter Jeffrey, an admired performer in
British television and radio, died Saturday of cancer, his family
said Sunday. He was 70.
    Jeffrey, one of the talented group of British character actors
whose faces and performances are better known than their names, was
most familiar to audiences abroad as Bulstrode in the 1994 BBC
television mini-series ``Middlemarch.''
    In films, he played Gen. Wadafi in ``Return of the Pink
Panther'' in 1974, and Ahmet in 1978's ``Midnight Express.''
    In addition to many performances in individual TV shows, he
played Mr. Peabody in the 1984 mini-series ``Jewel in the Crown,''
Col. Bernwood in the 1993 Dennis Potter TV series ``Lipstick On
Your Collar,'' and Mr. Bruff in the 1996 TV drama ``The
Moonstone.''
http://allmovie.com/cg/x.dll?UID=9:58:47|AM&p=avg&sql=B35404
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December 27, 1999,NYTimes
          Walt Levinsky, 70, Composer Who Played
          Jazz Clarinet

               ARASOTA, Fla., Dec. 26 -- Walt Levinsky, a jazz clarinetist,
               composer and arranger, died here on Dec. 14, days after being
          released from a hospital in New York City. He was 70 and lived in River
          Edge, N.J., and Sarasota.

          He was suffering from brain cancer and had been in a coma for more
          than two months, his family said.

          For more than a half-century, Mr. Levinsky played with jazz greats like
          Benny Goodman, led his own swing band featuring Goodman alumni,
          composed television and movie scores and was a respected arranger.

          His band played familiar swing music but with new arrangements. Mr.
          Levinsky bristled at the word nostalgia.

          "I don't see this as nostalgia music," he said in 1994. "That's like saying
          Mozart is nostalgia. Just because it's old doesn't mean it's nostalgia. What
          we're doing is taking arrangements that were written then and putting our
          own touches on them. We're playing them with a modern conception.
          They're still alive."

          Mr. Levinsky prepared most of the arrangements for Bob Rosengarden,
          a drummer, while he was musical director for Dick Cavett's late-night
          talk show in the 1970's.

          He spent two years playing with Tommy Dorsey and worked with
          Goodman on and off for about 19 years. He once estimated that he
          played in more than 5,000 recording sessions, and he arranged songs for
          Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Richard Harris and Doc Severinsen.

          He wrote the theme songs for numerous television shows, including "The
          CBS Evening News With Dan Rather," "CBS News Nightwatch,"
          ABC's "20/20" and CBS coverage of N.F.L. football and college
          basketball. For 12 years he was musical director for the Daytime Emmy
          Awards.

          He also ran the control booth for the composer and arranger Dick
          Hyman during his work for several Woody Allen films.

          He is survived by his wife, Natalie;

          a son, Ken, a musician from Hackensack, N.J.; two daughters, Judy
          Hobbs of Kennesaw, Ga., and Susie Nathanson of Hampton, N.J.; and
          four grandchildren.
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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Curtis Mayfield
Date: 27 Dec 1999 10:12:02 -0500


See:
http://elvispelvis.com/curtismayfield.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-c-mayfield.html

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Composer and songwriter Curtis Mayfield,
whose string of 1960s hits ``People Get Ready,'' ``Talking About My
Baby,'' ``Keep On Pushing,'' place him among America's music
legends, has died. He was 57.
    Warner Bros. Records spokeswoman Karen Lee announced the death
Sunday. A nurse at the North Fulton Regional Hospital in Roswell,
Ga., confirmed that Mayfield died there Sunday morning.
    Other details about his death were not immediately available.
    Mayfield was too ill to attend a March ceremony in which he was
inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He became a
Grammy Legend Award winner in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award winner the next year.
    Mayfield was paralyzed in a 1990 accident in which he was struck
by a rig that toppled while he was on stage performing in Brooklyn.
    Born in Chicago on June 3, 1942, Mayfield's distinctive tenor
voice was developed with his pre-teen band, The Alphatones. In
1956, he joined church choir member Jerry Butler, brothers Arthur
and Richard Brooks, and Sam Gooden in a new group, The Roosters.
    In 1958, The Roosters were renamed The Impressions and recorded
``For Your Precious Love,'' which was No. 11 in the United States.
Although Butler left the group, Mayfield continued with a string of
hits including, ``He Will Break Your Heart,'' ``Need To Belong To
Someone,'' and ``Find Yourself Another Girl.''
    ABC Paramount Records later gave The Impressions a recording
contract and the group followed with a Top 20 hit, ``Gypsy Woman,''
which was followed by many others.
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                           *By RUSS BYNUM
                      *Associated Press Writer
    ATLANTA (AP) -- Soul singer and songwriter Curtis Mayfield, whose
work introduced a social conscience into black music at the height
of the civil rights movement and who continued to make music for a
decade after an accident left him paralyzed, died Sunday. He was
57.
    Mayfield's string of hits included ``Gypsy Woman,'' the
gospel-tinged ``People Get Ready,'' the rallying cry ``Keep On
Pushing'' and the funk classic ``Superfly.''
    Warner Bros. Records spokeswoman Karen Lee announced the death
Sunday. A nurse at the North Fulton Regional Hospital in Roswell
confirmed that Mayfield died there Sunday morning.
    The exact cause of his death was not immediately available.
    An onstage accident in 1990 left Mayfield paralyzed from the
neck down, a condition that caused his health to deteriorate in
recent years. Doctors amputated his right leg last year because of
diabetes brought on by the injury.
    Mayfield was too ill to attend a March ceremony in which he was
inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He became a
Grammy Legend Award winner in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award winner the next year.
    In a 1996 interview with The Associated Press, Mayfield said he
was happy his songs had touched so many people.
    ``I wrote them for myself,'' he said. ``Being a young black man,
observing and sensing the need for race equality and women's
rights, I wrote about what was important to me.''
    Longtime manager and business partner Marv Heiman said Mayfield
knew he was leaving behind a legacy that not only entertained but
improved the world.
    ``He wanted people to think about themselves and the world
around them, making this a better place for everyone to live,''
Heiman said.
    While other black singers stuck to love songs and dance tunes,
Mayfield pushed the boundaries of rhythm and blues in the mid-1960s
by singing of black pride and gritty urban landscapes -- paving the
way for funk and rap artists for decades to come.
    ``Black music as we hear it today simply wouldn't exist without
him,'' Rolling Stone magazine declared in naming a Mayfield
anthology to its list of 200 essential albums in 1997.
    It was 1964's ``Keep On Pushing'' that marked a turning point
for Mayfield and broadened the parameters of black music. Widely
regarded as the first rhythm-and-blues song to rally blacks behind
the civil rights movement, ``Keep On Pushing'' became a Top 10 R&B
and pop hit.
    Mayfield continued putting black pride and social issues at the
forefront in Impressions hits such as ``We're a Winner,'' ``This is
My Country'' and ``Choice of Colors,'' which asked ``How long have
you hated your white teacher? / Who told you to love your black
preacher?''
    Such songs made Mayfield ``black music's most unflagging civil
rights champion,'' music critic Nelson George wrote in his 1988
book ``The Death of Rhythm & Blues.''
    Mayfield blazed the trail others followed. Sam Cooke recorded
``A Change Is Gonna Come'' shortly before he was shot to death in
December 1964. James Brown hit four years later with the strident
``Say It Loud -- I'm Black and I'm Proud.'' And Marvin Gaye joined
Mayfield on the cutting edge of thinking man's soul in 1971 with
``What's Going On.''
    Riding the popularity of so-called ``blaxploitation'' movies,
Mayfield had one of his greatest critical and commercial successes
in 1972 with the soundtrack to ``Superfly,'' a film about a drug
dealer trying to go straight.
    Mayfield was paralyzed in a 1990 accident in which he was struck
by a rig that toppled while he was on stage performing in Brooklyn.
    Born in Chicago on June 3, 1942, Mayfield's distinctive tenor
voice was developed with his pre-teen band, The Alphatones. In
1956, he joined church choir member Jerry Butler, brothers Arthur
and Richard Brooks, and Sam Gooden in a new group, The Roosters.
    In 1958, The Roosters were renamed The Impressions and recorded
``For Your Precious Love,'' which was No. 11 in the United States.
Although Butler left the group, Mayfield continued with a string of
hits including, ``He Will Break Your Heart,'' ``Need To Belong To
Someone,'' and ``Find Yourself Another Girl.''
    ABC Paramount Records later gave The Impressions a recording
contract and the group followed with a Top 20 hit, ``Gypsy Woman,''
which was followed by many others.
    Mayfield compositions including ``It's All Right,'' 1963, hit
the charts and influenced the musical style of artists including
Gene Chandler, Major Lance, Jan Bradley and Walter Jackson.
Mayfield produced most of their hits.
    As a producer, Mayfield shepherded the hit soundtracks to the
films, ``Claudine,'' 1974 with Gladys Knight & The Pips, and
``Let's Do It Again,'' 1975, with the Staple Singers. He produced
two Aretha Franklin albums, ``Sparkle,'' 1976, and ``Almighty
Fire,'' 1978.
    He also recorded critically-acclaimed solo albums including
``Back To The World,'' 1973, ``Sweet Exorcist,'' 1974, ``Got To
Find A Way,'' 1974 and ``There's No Place Like America Today,''
1975. But as the disco craze took over, Mayfield's sound and
socially-pertinent lyrics became out of step.
    A two-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame --
recognized in 1991 as a member of the Impressions, again in 1999 as
a solo artist -- Mayfield ranked among soul music's premiere
songwriters.
    ``I lost my husband, the father of our children, my best friend
and my soulmate,'' said Mayfield's widow, Altheida. ``Thank God his
music and his legacy will live far beyond today.''
    Mayfield's legacy lives on with his work being sampled by
contemporary hip-hop and rap artists including Coolio, Dr. Dre,
Snoop Doggy Dogg and R. Kelly.
    In addition to his wife, Mayfield is survived by his mother; 10
children; two sisters; a brother; and seven grandchildren.
-----------
    ROSWELL, Ga., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Curtis Mayfield, the singer-songwriter
whose melodic falsetto tones thrilled four decades of listeners and won
him two mentions in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died Sunday. He was
57.
    Mayfield had never fully recovered from an on-stage accident in 1990
when a piece of lighting equipment fell on him and left him paralyzed.
He died at an Atlanta-area hospital but a cause of death was not
released, a spokeswoman for his record company said.
    Mayfield is best known for his social-conscious song ``People Get
Ready,'' but also for his funky soundtrack to ``Superfly,'' which
includes the hit single ``Freddie's Dead.'' His deft touch as a producer
defined the Chicago Sound, which rivaled Detroit's Motown sound of Berry
Gordy. A prolific artist, one discography credits Mayfield with 38
record albums.
    He was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in 1995 and
was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 as a member of
the Impressions and then again in 1999 in his own right. However,
Mayfield was too ill to attend induction ceremonies last spring.
    Mayfield was born June 3, 1942 in Chicago and began his singing
career with his grandmother's gospel groups. When he was just 14 he
joined the Alphatones and later was part of the Roosters, the group that
was renamed the Impressions and created a singular sound in pop music.
    Unlike many artists, Mayfield keep in touch with every aspect of a
record. Writing for several groups other than his own; producing
soundtracks and more traditional studio albums; and owning a series of
record labels; all the while touring indefatigably.
    ``Freddie's Dead'' climbed to No. 4 on the pop charts and ``Superfly''
topped out at No. 8 to be his most successful singles on that listing.
``People Get Ready'' linked his gospel roots and soul sensibilities in
reaching No. 14 on the pop chart.
    In 1996 Mayfield released his 25th solo album, ``New World Order,''
saying, ``How many 54-year-old quadriplegics are putting albums out? You
just deal with what you got, try to sustain yourself the best you can,
and look to the things that you can do.''
    He is survived by his wife, Altheida; 10 children; seven
grandchildren; his mother; two sisters and a brother.
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Subject: Re: (exotica) MOOOOG
Date: 27 Dec 1999 07:57:53 -0800 (PST)


Have the album with the 3d cover and a 45 , same picture without  the 3d
effexts cover, but you can clearly see John, Paul, George and Ringo..

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


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> > >"It's so very lonely when you're two (????) thousand light years from
> > home"
> >Or something like that.
 > Stones, dude!
> > Janey Jones

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From: "Indy Rutks" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Shaken, not stirred - for better health?
Date: 27 Dec 1999 12:17:10 -0600


 In case this hasn't made it to the list yet...

Check out the details of the following at:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7225/1600

-Indy Rutks ([e-mail])


BMJ 1999;319:1600-1602 ( 18 December )

Shaken, not stirred: bioanalytical study of the antioxidant activities of
martinis
C C Trevithick, research assistant,  M M Chartrand, research assistant,  J
Wahlman, research assistant,  F Rahman, research assistant,  M Hirst,
professor,  J R Trevithick, professor.

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of
Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1


Background: Moderate consumption of alcoholic drinks seems to reduce the
risks of developing cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cataracts, perhaps
through antioxidant actions of their alcohol, flavonoid, or polyphenol
contents. "Shaken, not stirred" routinely identifies the way the famous
secret agent James Bond requires his martinis.

Objectives: As Mr Bond is not afflicted by cataracts or cardiovascular
disease, an investigation was conducted to determine whether the mode of
preparing martinis has an influence on their antioxidant capacity.

Design: Stirred and shaken martinis were assayed for their ability to quench
luminescence by a luminescent procedure in which hydrogen peroxide reacts
with luminol bound to albumin. Student's t test was used for statistical
analysis.

Results: Shaken martinis were more effective in deactivating hydrogen
peroxide than the stirred variety, and both were more effective than gin or
vermouth alone (0.072% of peroxide control for shaken martini, 0.157% for
stirred v 58.3% for gin and 1.90% for vermouth). The reason for this is not
clear, but it may well not involve the facile oxidation of reactive martini
components: control martinis through which either oxygen or nitrogen was
bubbled did not differ in their ability to deactivate hydrogen peroxide
(0.061% v 0.057%) and did not differ from the shaken martini. Moreover,
preliminary experiments indicate that martinis are less well endowed with
polyphenols than Sauvignon white wine or Scotch whisky (0.056 mmol/l
(catechin equivalents) shaken, 0.060 mmol/l stirred v 0.592 mmol/l wine,
0.575 mmol/l whisky).

Conclusions: 007's profound state of health may be due, at least in part, to
compliant bartenders.




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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) MOOOOG
Date: 27 Dec 1999 14:44:07 -0800 (PST)


Ahh....  Oh Jane Fondel who also posted the question years ago as Lounge
Laura hints at posting it again.


--- Jane Fondle <[e-mail]> wrote:
>  PS-GET THYSELF READY FOR THE "WHAT WAS THE FIRST SONG YOU SPUN OF 2000"
> BONANZA!(Right, Chuck!!?!?"

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Subject: Re: (exotica) MOOOOG
Date: 27 Dec 1999 14:57:37 -0800 (PST)



--- Jane Fondle <[e-mail]> wrote: PS-GET THYSELF READY FOR THE
"WHAT WAS THE FIRST SONG YOU SPUN OF 2000"
> BONANZA!(Right, Chuck!!?!?"


Ahh.....  Jane Fondel deja vuely hints at posting that New Years Question she
posted formerly as Lounge Laura. hmmmm whart will it be?

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bas Sheva
Date: 27 Dec 1999 21:28:28 -0500 (EST)


At 10:06 PM 12/22/99 EST, BasicHip wrote:
>I don't run across Bas Sheva records everyday (do YOU?!?!), but I did score
>*something* today with her as the featured artist.  Just seeing her name in
>silver letters on a purple Captiol label gave me goose bumps.
>Any leads on more of her recordings?

I've got a purple-label Full Dimensional Sound Capitol 10" of Ms. Sheva,
Soul Of A People: Hebraic Chants (L8287), with orchestra conducted by Harold
Mooney. Basically, a recording of 6 cantorial pieces. The short bio reads:
BAS SHEVA is a Philadelphia-born young artist whose magnificent voice has
electrified theater and concert audiences all across the country. Her father
is a Cantor and her mother was a concert singer, so she comes naturally by
the vocal talent and versatility her work displays; to these qualities she
adds a truly remarkable degree of emotional expression.

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From: paul moshay <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) off topic - opportunity
Date: 27 Dec 1999 15:26:05 -0800 (PST)


pls forgive the off topic intrusion. if you have
interest in doing online research, i need
some reliable people to help with a project i'm
doing at the office.  nominal hourly pay, 15 - 20
hrs weekly, off and on.

thought i'd offer it to my list 'cronies' firstly.

paul moshay
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From: [e-mail] (kevin leeeeee)
Subject: (exotica) new email list: popnouveau
Date: 28 Dec 1999 02:31:10 -0800 (PST)


hi y'all,
just wanted to announce a new email list called popnouveau.

the basic idea is to talk about new or recent music that's come up on this
list more than a few times.  here's some band names just to give you the
basic gist (although i'm hoping it will be pretty broad and open):   air,
cornelius, takako minekawa, dimitri from paris, tipsy, dj me dj you,
fantastic plastic machine, le tone, kahimi karie...  i don't mean for it to
be electronic-based bands only, but perhaps there's some bias towards that
end of the spectrum.  "rock/indie" bands like stereolab and comed and high
lamas, etc.  wouldn't be inappropriate.

actually i don't mind talking older music as well.  later stuff like disco
and 80s acts, bands like YMO, art of noise, giorgio moroder, kraftwerk, the
plastics and whatnot could "fit in".  the door's wide open as far as i'm
concerned.

basically, i love the exotica list but always felt the "new stuff" that
came up once in a while on here deserved it's own forum as well.

there is a website in the works, but it's long-delayed and probably will
not happen for a few more months - the meat of which will be the master
list of bands/artists and partial discographies as well as articles and
reviews of said bands.

anyway, come say hi and sign up if you wish.  either go to
http://www.egroups.com/list/popnouveau

or send an e-mail to [e-mail]

if you have trouble doing so just email me and i'll sign you on.

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From: "Lou Smith" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cargo cult movement awaiting arrival of millennium darkness in PNG
Date: 28 Dec 1999 14:50:14 GMT



   AUCKLAND, Dec 28 (AFP) - A cargo cult-like movement which
believes the world will go dark Saturday and all expatriates will
vanish has formed in Papua New Guinea, the Independent weekly has
reported in Port Moresby.
   Its latest issue says the movement was formed near the Fly
River, a remote area west of the capital on the border with the
Indonesian province of Irian Jaya.
   The Independent said the movement is centred at Kikisram
village.
   Called the Rainbow Church, members have left their villages to
build new houses and a large building called the "Dark House."
   The movement is led by a person titled the principal and it
believes that on January 1, 2000 the world will go dark.
   Members believe all expatriates will vanish from Papua New
Guinea that day.
   The newspaper said the movement is causing division and
ill-feeling among many villages in the West Awin area, and North Fly
police are monitoring the situation.
   It is possible the movement is linked to a rumour that the main
supermarket in the town of Kiunga is giving out free food.
   Hundreds of people were waiting outside the store last week,
expecting food handouts.
   Cargo cults are a reaction to the materialism of the white
cultures that came into Melanesia in the past century.
   They have a millenarian feature in believing that a mystery
ship, or plane, will arrive to bring enough food and goods so people
no longer have to work. Some of the cults came about during World
War II when tonnes of materials arrived on American ships and
aircraft.
   Although often treated with humour by the West, cargo cults have
also represented a nationalist ideology and are often seen by
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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" Dec 29, 1999
Date: 28 Dec 1999 11:07:50 -0500


"Mondo Bongos" can be heard every Wednesday mornings at 9 on CFRU 93.3fm in
Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

For the last show of the 20th Century I decided to play some of my all-time
favourite records. I don't consider any of these necessarily the best
records of ever made, just ones near and dear to my heart.
As I only have an hour, a number of bands had to be cut ("...no way that
the Buzzcocks or Cabaret Voltaire are going to fit...I won't play Neu or
Silver Apples because I play them all the time anyway...playing God Save
the Queen or Anarchy in the UK is too obvious, why don't I play a b-side
instead?"). Some bands, well, I couldn't decide on just one song.

Here's what I came up with...

Slapp Happy - Casablanca Moon "Slapp Happy"
Can - Dizzy Dizzy "Soon Over Babaluma"
Pere Ubu - Final Solution 7"

Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat "White Light/White Heat"
Suicide - Ghost Rider "Suicide"
The Stooges - Loose "Funhouse"
The Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop "The Ramones"
Sex Pistols - Did You No Wrong 7"

Joy Division - She's Lost Control "Unknown Pleasures"
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 7"
Pere Ubu - Humour Me "The Modern Dance"

Eno - Burning Airlines Give You So Much More "Taking Tiger Mountain (By
Strategy)"
John Cale - Momamma Scuba "Fear"
Robert Wyatt - Sea Song "Rock Bottom"

Until next time...
Allan



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From: "Jane Fondle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Lords of Vinyl Smileth Upon Me Xmas Morn'
Date: 28 Dec 1999 11:21:05 EST


Santa Baby Brought Me:
>LEITH STEVENS-WALTER SCHUMANN SINGERS---EXPLORING NEW WORLDS
>PAUL TANNER/WARREN BAKER---MUSIC FOR HEAVENLY BODIES
>***SEALED***DICK HYMAN---MAN FROM O.R.G.A.N.
>A&M CHRISTMAS REKKID(w/get Bacharach single "THE BELL THAT COULDN'T JINGLE"
>plus Claudine, Herb and rest 'o gang, xept Chris Montez!!!:(
>ESQUIVEL---STEREO ACTION---LATINESQUE!!
>CHRISTMAS REKKIDS BY PATTI PAGE AND JO STAFFORD
>JUNE CHRISTY---THE MISTY MISS CHRISTIE!

Plus, a bunchocool reissue CDs...but gotta lovvvveee that viiiinnyl!
I love you, too, Jane Fondle
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From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Gimme Some Pain
Date: 28 Dec 1999 08:36:02 -0800 (PST)


Now that I have Real Audio, I need some real-ly nifty
stuff to hear to keep me cookin' at work!  Feel free
to reply off-line!
xo-Jane Fondle


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From: "Jane Fondle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) MOOOOG
Date: 28 Dec 1999 12:13:13 EST




>End the year with Mike Flowers take on 1999...
>Start the new one off with 2001 off the Further In Flight Entertainment
>(since I can't find a song with 2000)

Or, "Fresca '99" by Astroslut!
Queen Hack
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Subject:  Re: (exotica) 2000
Date: 28 Dec 1999 12:28:44 -0500


>End the year with Mike Flowers take on 1999...
>Start the new one off with 2001 off the Further In Flight Entertainment
>(since I can't find a song with 2000)

I entered "2000" in the song/search field at allmusic.com and came up with:

       2000
       2000 A.D.
       2000 and Six Month Man
       2000 and Two Nights
       2000 and Two Year Old Man
       2000 B.C.
       2000 Beatz
       2000 Black
       2000 Blues
       2000 Dioptria
       2000 Elevators
       2000 Flusheds
       2000 Flushes
       2000 Fold
       2000 Horsemen
       2000 Jahre
       2000 Light Years Away
       2000 Light Years from Home
       2000 Man
       2000 Maniacs
       2000 Mazdestruction
       2000 Miles
       2000 Miles from Beth
       2000 Polish Ghosts
       2000 Pound Bee (Part 1 & 2)
       2000 Rapdope Game (48 Hrz To Respone)
       2000 Reasons
       2000 Seasons
       2000 Shoes
       2000 Sky-5
       2000 V Kum
       2000 Volts
       2000 Watts over the South Side
       2000 Weeks
       2000 Year Old Man
       2000 Years
       2000 Zero Zero
       2000,000

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From: "Jane Fondle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) MOOOOG, or why Chuck is on my payroll!
Date: 28 Dec 1999 12:43:54 EST



>From: chuck <[e-mail]>
>To: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Re: (exotica) MOOOOG
>Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:33:24 -0800 (PST)
>
>Ahhhhhh!!!
>
>
>I still don't have your cd!!!!    Shame on me and I can't stand not owning
>it
>!!!!  Where is it available??????  I'll call or email them today!!!!
>
>Fell free to post your reply to the list,   I'm sure others may have missed
>it during the Christmas rush.
>
>Chuck

Ewe can buy Astroslut's LOVE AT ZERO G from this address:

http://cdalley.com

Click under(eeeewwww!) "Alternative" and you can also hear what we SOUND
like in a very lo-fi sound sample!

Thanks, Chuck!!xxoxoxo-Jane Fondle
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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Cargo cult movement awaiting arrival of millennium darkness in PNG
Date: 28 Dec 1999 13:03:59 -0500


Lou wrote:

>    They have a millenarian feature in believing that a mystery
> ship, or plane, will arrive to bring enough food and goods so people
> no longer have to work. Some of the cults came about during World
> War II when tonnes of materials arrived on American ships and
> aircraft.

I read this article with great interest and with some surprise as I hadn't
heard of Cargo Cults in years. Anyone interested in reading more about
these very bizarre millenarian movements might want to track down a copy of
Friedrich Steinbauer's "Melanesian Cargo Cults" (University of Queensland
Press. 1979).

I've been fascinated by this for years: this belief that consumer goods can
be obtained via magical means.

Allan (whose first fanzine was called "Cargo Cult")


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Cargo cult movement
Date: 28 Dec 1999 13:55:35 -0500


telstar <[e-mail]> wrote:
I read this article with great interest and with some surprise as I
hadn't
heard of Cargo Cults in years. Anyone interested in reading more about
these very bizarre millenarian movements might want to track down a copy
of
Friedrich Steinbauer's "Melanesian Cargo Cults" (University of
Queensland
Press. 1979).
------------
In the mean time, while tracking down this book, y'all may want to
visit the Jon Frum homepage at:
http://www.altnews.com.au/cargocult/jonfrum/

Also of interest (for those who think the west is immune to the
lure of cargo cult-like thinking) is:
http://www.physics.brocku.ca/etc/cargo_cult_science.html
"Cargo Cult Science", Richard Feynman's 1974 Caltech commencement
address.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) 2000
Date: 28 Dec 1999 14:59:43 EST


In a message dated 12/28/99 12:31:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< 2000 Zero Zero >>

party's over we're outta time!

hack!

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Subject: Re: (exotica) 2000
Date: 28 Dec 1999 14:58:21 EST


In a message dated 12/28/99 12:31:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< 2000 Shoes >>

that is a new tune out by Imell DeMarco

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Subject: Re: (exotica) 2000
Date: 28 Dec 1999 14:57:26 EST


In a message dated 12/28/99 12:31:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I entered "2000" in the song/search field at allmusic.com and came up
with: >>

2000 Flushes

and that is what you will hear if you eat some bad poy on new years eve.

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Subject: (exotica) Cargo Cult Defn.
Date: 28 Dec 1999 15:10:55 EST


Cargo cults are usually revivalist, and in some cases messianic and
millenarian, movements found among certain peoples indigenous to Oceania. The
word cargo refers to foreign goods possessed by Europeans; cult adherents
believe that such goods belong to themselves and that, with the help of
ancestral spirits, the goods can be returned to them through magico-religious
means. Some cult prophets promise that the arrival of cargo will herald a
period of prosperity and well-being.
Such movements represent the efforts of local inhabitants to cope with
problems arising from contact with foreign cultures acculturation. They first
appeared during the late 19th century among Papua New Guinea and other
Oceanic peoples impressed by the abundance of material wealth they saw. The
Papuan Vailala Madness of 1919 had iconoclastic elements; like some of the
cults, it reflected the merging of Christian missionary teachings with
indigenous mythological beliefs. The movements received new impetus during
World War II. In a Irian Jaya (western New Guinea) cult of 1942, entire
villages were organized into an imitation army, with officers and dummy
equipment, in the hope that this would be transformed into real equipment.
Followers of John Frum on Tanna (Vanuatu, former, New Hebrides) built landing
strips and warehouses in anticipation of the arrival of air cargo. All such
movements draw on traditional custom, experience, and ideology. Essentially,
they are attempts to fill the gap between new wants and the available means
of satisfying them. The movements, some of which are politically oriented,
demonstrate a people's resilience and imagination in coping with new and
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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Cargo cult movement
Date: 28 Dec 1999 15:16:30 -0500


And around 1890 there was a cargo cult movement among Native Americans
called the Ghost Dance. Started with the prophesies of a Paiute named
Wovoka: all whites would vanish, game would be plentiful again and the
ancestors would walk the earth if people danced the traditional Ghost
Dance. Some followers wore Ghost Shirts they believed to be magically
bulletproof. The movement culminated with the massacre at Wounded Knee
where, I think, 160 people died. A classic history of the tragedy is _The
Ghost Dance Religion_ by James Mooney. Odd this should come up... eleven
years ago today I driving to Wounded Knee, a place of unsettling yet moving
beauty.

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Subject: (exotica) "What Are You Doing New Years' Eve?"
Date: 28 Dec 1999 16:24:58 EST


As the song says, and feels relevant this year, lets have a short thread to
tie the loose ends together. Lots of hype, but is it really so spectacular?
...   Here's my plan: Go to a party and hear the keyboardist from Astroslut
accompany Suzette Sundae in a  performance of standards. Go back to the
house. Get wife and kids. Go to neighbors at 11:55pm with Mike Flowers and
Deodato taped. Put tape on, break out champagne. Party like its 2000...You?
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From: "Jane Fondle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Santa Jones
Date: 28 Dec 1999 16:39:41 EST


Also, my (now embarrassed!) pal DJJimmyBee gaveth me QUINCY JONES-IN THE
HEAT OF THE NIGHT on V.i.n.y.l....
Betcha y'all want to be his friend, too!
HHEEheheh, and sorry for the oversight! Jane Fullaverselftoday
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Subject: Re: (exotica) "What Are You Doing New Years' Eve?"
Date: 28 Dec 1999 17:01:14 EST



>As the song says, and feels relevant this year, lets have a short thread to
>tie the loose ends together. Lots of hype, but is it really so spectacular?
>...   Here's my plan: Go to a party and hear the keyboardist from Astroslut
>accompany Suzette Sundae in a  performance of standards. Go back to the
>house. Get wife and kids. Go to neighbors at 11:55pm with Mike Flowers and
>Deodato taped. Put tape on, break out champagne. Party like its 2000...You?
>Curiously/Jimmy Botticelli

I'll be holed up with a shotgun and a quart!
Kidding, I'll be at said party, praying the terrorist don't get to the Space
Needle anyway!!!!
Jane Fondle
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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Louis Feraud
Date: 28 Dec 1999 17:23:57 -0500


Tuesday, 28 December, 1999, 18:19 GMT
 Designer  Louis Feraud: Suffered Alzheimer's disease
French fashion designer Louis Feraud, who designed clothes for Brigitte
Bardot in the 1960s, has died aged 79.

He died at his Paris home after a four year battle against Alzheimer's
disease.

Feraud was born the son of a baker in Arles, southern France in 1921 and
left his job as a ski instructor in the Alps to open his first boutique
in the 1950s in the French Riviera city of Cannes, where he sold clothes
to the sun-worshipping jet set.

His first success came in 1955 when Brigitte Bardot walked into his shop
and purchased a  girlish, white pique sun dress.

"Photographers and journalists followed her," he once said. "Within a
week, every woman up and down  the Cote d'Azur was  wearing my little
white dress. We sold 500 of  them in a matter of days."

In 1956 he opened a boutique in Paris for clients including actresses
Kim Novak and  Ingrid Bergman as well as Danielle  Mitterrand, wife of
the late French president  Francois Mitterrand.

Feraud made a niche for himself with bright, graphic clothes that ranged
from fairly conservative suits to wild, fandango-ruffled, Spanish-style
dresses.

As much artist as couturier, he kept painting throughout most his life,
crafting stylish nudes,  landscapes and  flowers which were exhibited
and sold in  Paris and New York.

His clever and amusing black and white geometrics and graphics often
went directly into his outfits, and some of his most  beautiful,
luminous scarves were his own  colourful designs.

"What I always wanted to do was please women," he once said with a wink.

Feraud also created several perfumes for the American company Avon and
made contributions to the work of other designers, including Daniel
Hechter and Jean-Louis Scherrer.

After he retired in 1995 after being struck by Alzheimer's disease, his
business was run  by his daughter Kiki - his only child - his ex-wife
Zizi, and colleagues until earlier this year when it was taken over by
Dutch firm Secon.

He will be buried in his home town of Arles.
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Subject: (exotica) [obit] Clayton Moore
Date: 28 Dec 1999 17:28:27 -0500


    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clayton Moore, television's ``Lone Ranger''
who delighted children of the 1950s with his hearty cry of ``Hi-Yo,
Silver,'' has died. He was 85.
    Moore's film career stretched back to the 1930s, but essentially
he was known only as ``The Lone Ranger'' in the TV Western series
of that name and a couple of movie spinoffs.
    He continued to appear in costume in personal appearances for
decades after the show's heyday, and even fought and eventually won
a court battle over the rights to the image.
    ``Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other,''
Moore said in a 1985 Los Angeles Times interview. ``I like playing
the good guy.'' He said that as a child, `I wanted to be either a
cowboy or a policeman. As the Lone Ranger, I got to be both.''
    ``The Lone Ranger'' was originally a radio program and the basis
of a few low-budget films in the 1930s. In its TV form, it was one
of the first shows filmed especially for the medium, debuting in
1949 and running for eight years, not counting endless reruns.
    Moore appeared in all but a couple of seasons in the early '50s
when he sat out a contract dispute with the producers and actor
John Hart replaced him.
    The Ranger, with his Indian companion Tonto, rode through the
West bringing law and order in every half-hour episode. Moore liked
to say that the character embodied a creed that ``everyone has
within himself the power to make this a better world.''
    The masked Ranger disguised himself because he was the lone
survivor of a group of Texas Rangers who were ambushed by a gang of
bad guys; Tonto had nursed him back to health.
    The show was ABC's biggest hit for a time in the early '50s,
when the fledgling network was far overshadowed by CBS and NBC.
Fans loved the show's trademarks: the opening theme, from ``The
William Tell Overture''; the Ranger's horse, Silver, described by
the show's announcer as ``a fiery horse with the speed of light'';
Tonto's name for the Ranger, ``kemo sabe''; the silver bullets; the
Ranger's habits of never shooting to kill and never removing his
mask, unless the plot had him donning some other disguise.
    It was finally the courts that forced Moore to remove the mask,
when producers planning a new, big-screen version of ``The Lone
Ranger'' got a court order against Moore's use of the character in
1979.
    The move brought Moore, who was reduced to doing personal
appearances in a pair of wraparound sunglasses, an avalanche of
sympathetic publicity and fan support. The film ``The Legend of the
Lone Ranger,'' starring Klinton Spilsbury as the Ranger, came out
in 1981 and promptly flopped. In 1984, a court lifted the
restraining order.
    Moore was born Sept. 14, 1914 -- some sources give an earlier
year -- in Chicago, son of a real estate developer.
    He worked in a circus trapeze act and as a model before heading
to Hollywood, first appearing in movie serials such as ``Dick Tracy
Returns,'' 1938.
    He was largely retired in recent years, living at his home in
Calabasas. He and his late wife, former actress Sally Allen, had
one daughter, Gwen.
    ``I'll wear the white hat the rest of my life,'' Moore said in
1985. ``The Lone Ranger is a great character, a great American.
Playing him made me a better person.''
http://allmovie.com/cg/x.dll?UID=5:15:23|PM&p=avg&sql=B50283
http://www.outofthenight.com/moore2.html
http://www.westerns.com/stars/clayton_moore/index.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~ClaytonMoore/index.html
http://www.texasranger.org/ClaytonMoore1.htm

The Lone Ranger Creed
as told by Clayton Moore

Followers of the "Lone Ranger" believe  . . .

That to have a friend, a man must be one.
That all men are created equal and that everyone has within himself the power to make this
a better world.
That God put the firewood there, but every man must gather and light it himself.
In being prepared physically, mentally and morally to fight when necessary, for that which is
right.
That a man should make the most of what equipment he has.
That "This government, of the people, by the people, and for the people" shall live always.
That men should live by the rule of what is best for the greatest number.
That sooner or later, somewhere, somehow, we must settle with the world and make
payment for what we have taken.
That all things change but truth, and that truth alone lives on forever.
In my Creator, my country, my fellow man.





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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Cargo Cult Defn.
Date: 28 Dec 1999 18:38:03 -0500


[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Cargo cults are usually revivalist, and in some cases messianic and
> millenarian, movements found among certain peoples indigenous to Oceania. The
> word cargo refers to foreign goods possessed by Europeans; cult adherents
> believe that such goods belong to themselves and that, with the help of
> ancestral spirits, the goods can be returned to them through magico-religious
> means. Some cult prophets promise that the arrival of cargo will herald a
> period of prosperity and well-being.

> In a Irian Jaya (western New Guinea) cult of 1942, entire
> villages were organized into an imitation army, with officers and dummy
> equipment, in the hope that this would be transformed into real equipment.

Okay, so if I put out a bunch of photocopies of 60s and 70s LP covers,
does this mean the real LPs will magically appear on my doorstep?
Perhaps this whole phenomenon should be thought about in more detail.
Just consider the possibilities!!

cheryl (who will be spending New Year's Eve at home with a bottle of
champagne, some strange 60s movies, and Brian)


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From: Brad Bigelow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New on the Space Age Pop Page
Date: 28 Dec 1999 17:53:00


Some updates to the Space Age Pop Page:

    - New biography pages on Bobby Hammack and Bill Justis.
    - More information added to biographies of Muzzy Marcellino, Henri Rene,
and Julius Wechter
    - Numerous birth/death updates, including Leo Addeo, Harry Breuer, and Irv
Cottler, courtesy of the Social Security Death database at
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

Check them out at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/whatsnew.htm


Brad


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Date: 28 Dec 1999 19:03:47 EST


In a message dated 12/28/99 3:39:19 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Okay, so if I put out a bunch of photocopies of 60s and 70s LP covers,
 does this mean the real LPs will magically appear on my doorstep?
 Perhaps this whole phenomenon should be thought about in more detail.
 Just consider the possibilities!! >>

No, no.  You have to make them out of natural objects that simulate what the
material possession would look like.

So start digging in your garden and make plant and earthen LP cover
likenesses on your deck!


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Date: 28 Dec 1999 19:08:07 EST


In a message dated 12/28/99 4:04:54 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< So start digging in your garden and make plant and earthen LP cover
 likenesses on your deck! >>

BTW, what natually occuring object looks like whipped cream.  And I will need
a lot of it, because I am planning on the full scale model.  Not just the LP
cover.

Think big!

TB


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From: Claudia Wilson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:10:46 -0800
Date: 28 Dec 1999 18:07:54 -0700


Does anyone have a exe. or zipped file of Real Audio that is NOT THE
CURRENT ONE?
 I can't get into my favorite site...www.wanderers.com to play .ra files =
 since I upgraded.
 I am sick about it.

 The previous one worked great. Please help me..




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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Clayton Moore
Date: 28 Dec 1999 21:16:00 -0500


http://www.cnn.com/1999/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/28/obit.moore/index.html



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Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Clayton Moore
Date: 28 Dec 1999 18:45:33 -0800


At 05:28 PM 28-12-99 -0500, The Associated Press wrote:
>    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clayton Moore, television's ``Lone Ranger''
>who delighted children of the 1950s with his hearty cry of ``Hi-Yo,
>Silver,'' has died.

Yes, but will he be buried with a mask?  And will his tombstone say,
instead of "Clayton Moore" these words: "Who was that masked man?"

Byron

Byron Caloz
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Date: 28 Dec 1999 21:52:14 EST


In a message dated 12/28/99 9:47:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Yes, but will he be buried with a mask?  And will his tombstone say,
 instead of "Clayton Moore" these words: "Who was that masked man?" >>

funny you asked that becasue they stripped him of his mask about 10 years
ago.  said it was copywrite infringement or something.  anyone else remember
the details?


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From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Clayton Moore
Date: 28 Dec 1999 22:40:24 -0600


> funny you asked that becasue they stripped him of his mask about 10 years
> ago.  said it was copywrite infringement or something.  anyone else
> remember the details?

It was prior to the release of "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" in the
late '70s.  Seems the producers thought having him appear in the mask
would detract from their movie, which was a real stinkeroo, BTW.

People forget Clayton Moore also played another famous masked man in
"Ghost of Zorro", a '40s Republic serial.

Coincidentally, AMC today ran "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of
Gold", with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels (and music by Les
Baxter!).

RIP, Masked Man.

Darrell Brogdon
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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) recent finds
Date: 29 Dec 1999 03:09:08 EST


I've never posted anything like this before because I find it a bit boring to
hear what others have scored but this past weekend has renewed my faith in
thrifting records
I found one trove of 31 records of which about 25 were mint or near
then found several smaller scores of two to ten records each
an hour east of Los Angeles and then around Modesto
(90 miles from San Fran)

31 of them were 5 for $1.00
some were 25 cents each and some were 50 cents each

Mostly they were common easy listening records but
Highlights include

Peggy Lee Lee Goes Latin
Martin Denny Latin Village
The Space Age from Raybestos
Bert Kaempfert Christmas Wonderland
Ferrante & Teicher Snowbound
Enoch Light Great Themes from Film Vol 1 and 2
Mancini encore! with Beatles medley
George Shearing Quintet Latin Lace
King Richard's Flugel Knights Something Super!

so these can still be found near major metropolitan areas for under $1.00


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) RE: New Year's show
Date: 29 Dec 1999 03:42:15 EST


> I am DJing for the best NY show in town

My apologies for all who thought this was a NEW YORK gig

the abbreviation is for NEW YEAR'S not New York

the show is in the Mission district of San Fran and I still have some tickets
for it if you need them

cheers
Otto
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) recent finds
Date: 29 Dec 1999 07:26:07 -0800 (PST)





--- [e-mail] wrote:
> I found one trove of 31 records of which about 25 were mint or near
> Mostly they were common easy listening records but
> Highlights include
>
> The Space Age from Raybestos

Otto or anyone ,   What is this album like???


> King Richard's Flugel Knights Something Super!

I can't wait to go get this its been sitting a few blocks from where I work
for a month or so

Easy listening in the Big Easy
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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Clayton Moore
Date: 29 Dec 1999 10:30:42 -0500



>funny you asked that becasue they stripped him of his mask about 10 years
>ago.  said it was copywrite infringement or something.  anyone else remember
>the details?


According to the article:

Even after the cancellation, Moore continued to wear a mask in public
appearances until 1979, when producers of a new film version of "The Lone
Ranger" won a court order forcing him to replace his mask with a pair of
wraparound sunglasses.
"Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other," Moore said in a
1985 Los Angeles Times interview. "I like playing the good guy." He said
that as a child, "I wanted to be either a cowboy or a policeman. As the
Lone Ranger, I got to be both."
But Moore had his comeuppance. The 1981 movie, entitled "The Legend of the
Lone Ranger" and starring Klinton Spilsbury in the mask, was a resounding
flop. In 1984, a court lifted the restraining order."



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From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: FW: (exotica) Cargo Cult Defn.
Date: 29 Dec 1999 10:42:55 -0500


>=20
> BTW, what natually occuring object looks like whipped cream. =20
> And I will need=20
> a lot of it, because I am planning on the full scale model. =20
> Not just the LP=20
> cover.


Try Algified river foam from the base of a waterfall....on Bali.






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THE BRIMSTONES Eternal Surf and Garage Damnation=20
at http://www.brimstones.com
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From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: The Lords of Vinyl Smileth Upon Me Xmas Morn'
Date: 29 Dec 1999 09:31:48 -0500


My baby scored me a loooovely (stereo) copy of the Modesty Blaise
soundtrack.


Avoid the Wacky Lounge Christmas CD put out by Muzak(!). Its low price
does make it tempting, but with the exception of a few circa-'70s Syd Dale
tracks and one or two others, it sounds like it was recorded in very recent
years. Not too wacky at all.


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From: "PETFIELD, Hugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ampex historical notes
Date: 29 Dec 1999 10:05:17 -0000


Hello,
Saw a good documentary on TV over the holiday break, about Bing Crosby.  I
was particularly interested in a bit about the immediate post-war years.
They mentioned that tape recorders had been invented in Germany in the 30's,
and that after the war, two machines were brought back to America.  Seemed
to say that Bing put money into a new firm called Ampex which started to
make recorders, which he then used to prerecord radio shows, which had
hitherto been put out live as there had not been a good enough recording
medium.  There was a clip from a late 40's film which showed Bing playing
the piano and singing, and recording onto a tape recorder which looked to be
about 3ft x 2ft, and 9-10" deep.  To illustrate other artists who benefitted
from the introduction of tape recorders, there were historic and current day
clips of Les Paul.

Can any exotica reader add any more background detail to the Ampex story, or
point me towards a good websource?

Many thanks, Hugh.


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Date: 29 Dec 1999 13:44:07 EST


In a message dated 12/28/99 11:43:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Coincidentally, AMC today ran "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of
 Gold", with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels (and music by Les
 Baxter!).

 RIP, Masked Man. >>

AMC jumps right on board when these folks die ----- don't they.


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Date: 29 Dec 1999 13:46:14 EST


In a message dated 12/29/99 10:36:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< producers of a new film version of "The Lone
 Ranger" won a court order forcing him to replace his mask with a pair of
 wraparound sunglasses. >>

i remember seeing pictures of that (maybe it moved me into my profession!).

i have been reading and it does sound like the producers    WERE SUCCESSFUL
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From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Share the Wealth
Date: 29 Dec 1999 11:24:02 -0800 (PST)


This real audio thing is too much fun!
Because someone was kind enough to share this with me,
I thought I say tune in to:



http://www.weirdsville.com/

In an hour alone, I've heard exotica, psyche, The
Shaggs, Astrosounds/101Strings, etc.  Cool stuff!
Primed for INCORRECT MUSIC next on WFMU...
Jane Fondle

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) recent finds (sorta)
Date: 29 Dec 1999 15:52:03 -0500


At 03:09 AM 12/29/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>I've never posted anything like this before because I find it a bit boring
to
>hear what others have scored but this past weekend has renewed my faith in
>thrifting records

I see.  It's boring until you're the one finding the records.

I could never understand why a list of thrift store finds was any more
boring than a bunch of new CD's that someone bought, unless of course
you're totally focussed on hearing about music that you too can go out and
immediately purchase.

But it seems it is more boring, for most people on the list anyway.

Once upon a time, the "recent finds" posts were an opportunity to talk
about music, to share the things we were "unearthing".  It was like
everyone was on their own anthropological dig, uncovering their own
alternate history of recorded music and this was the place you came to
learn about the things you'd uncovered.

Now it's basically "I got this new compilation.  It's at CDNow.  Go get
it".  That was always part of the list but now it's pretty well taken over.
 And if you post a recent LP find, unless it's reissued or brand new, the
lack of response is deafening.

I don't know what's making me so nostalgic and even moralistic this
afternoon.

But I miss those "recent finds" posts.  And I especially miss the responses
they occasionally generated.  It seems like now, everyone knows everything
and they assume that everyone else does too.

Which is kind of ironic.  There was always an interesting tension here
between the kind of discoveries one made with CD-compilations and the kind
made by digging through bins of old LP's.

Not that they're mutually exclusive; a lot of us do both.  But I do think
they represent different ways of discovery.

One is more about needing to discover it for yourself.  It's not the better
way, just a different kind of obsession.  I'm not sure what that's about.
A lot of people think that's NOT about music and I don't think I'd disagree
with them.  I sometimes think it's about "context".

Sometimes I hear a perfectly beautiful CD-compilation but somehow the
"decontextualized" presentation is alienating to me.

In any case, different types of discovery lead to different kinds of
discussion so I guess it's really not ironic at all that when people stop
sharing their recent LP finds, the discussion becomes a bit less.... active.

Okay that's my premillenial nostalgic whine.  I'll respond to the recent
finds in a separate post.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) recent finds
Date: 29 Dec 1999 16:09:09 -0500


At 03:09 AM 12/29/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>31 of them were 5 for $1.00
>some were 25 cents each and some were 50 cents each

That's the way it should be.

>Highlights include
>
>King Richard's Flugel Knights Something Super!

I was just listening to another one of their LP's, "Sign of the Times".
How would you describe that Tijuana Brass beat, that fast polka shuffle
thing?
For me, that beat gets real tired, real fast.
I love the bright Now sound of the Fluegel Knights and their ilk. Trombones
Unlimited comes to mind as a very similar group.  In fact, I'd have thought
they were the same basic outfit (like "Living Jazz" and "The Brass Ring")
but they have different producers and arrangers.
On "my" LP, the Fluegel Knights are produced by Bob Thompson, a producer
that some others here can tell you all about.
Anyway, for me the Fluegel Knights provide great grist for compilation
tapes but the strange mix of material and the preponderance of that fast
beat, always make their LP's teeter on that edge between keepers and losers.

But someday - maybe this year - when I get my CD recorder, they'll probably
be "archived" and sent packing, along with hopefully another thousand LP's.
That's this year's project.

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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More recent finds on a Weds
Date: 29 Dec 1999 14:38:06 -0800 (PST)


I really enjoyed the old list discussion about recent lp finds.  There was so
much to learn from these posts and all the vinyl collectors seemed to be so
knowlegable and so willing to contribute their knowledge to the list.  There
was Jessica from Pennsylvania who use to come up with so much.  Even if you
knew the stuff it was interesting to learn what was available at what price,
like Ottos past today.

 A few years ago one of  the more influential posts for me came from Jill
who was in las Vegas and was happy to find an Association album.  I scratched
my head wondering if the Association album was that good.  Because of this
post I know better.

I personally don't respond to some of the vinyl posts because I am pretty
unfamiliar with many of the lps.  Perhaps the list membership has changed so
much that people are not responding to your posts Nat because they too are
unfamiliar with your finds or they have discussed the artists before.  I
don't know,  I really don't have a strong view point on why its changed.

I buy vinyl on 6th sense or knowledge glleamed from the recent finds post.
Today I purchased

Encounter With Time   The Tommy Vig Orhestra  (This looks space/age but I
don't think it is, i don't know a thing about this guy)

Lightly Latin Poco Loco

Heartstings   Dean Elliot

Sleepy Serenade by Claude Thornhill,   I've always loved "Snowfall"

Christmas with Denny Davis & the Nashville Brass

Sign of the Times  King Richards Fluegal Knights  (Thanks to Otto's post and
Nat's reply)
King Richards Fluegal Knights on Broadway

Big Fat Brass  the Surrey Brass
A Taste of Brass  v/a with Hugo Montenegro, Pete Rugolo,  Jerry Fielding,
Richard Hayman & Jim Tyler

I don't know much about the above and my 6th sense didn't ring on these. They
were cheap but I don't expect much.    Any advice on them is welcome .

I also got couple of Baja Marimbas & a couple of Coniffs.

I got a lot ofcds in the mail the last few weeks but like lp posts,  posting
on cds hardly gets any discussion.    If after playing them, any do stand
out,  I will post on them.  Cds are usually an exceptional find like lps
which are rare and many times better than any of the cd releases

Anyway the list seems a lot different to me these days.  The old digests
reveal to me focused posts on particular lp finds and exciting new cd
releases (even back in 96).

This is the best list around by far!  And there is something very wonderful
about the variety of topics dixcussed on this list from straight ahead
exotica to any type of music or any subject under the sun ie cargo cults

Viva the Exotica List!!

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

--- Nat Kone <[e-mail]> wrote:


> Once upon a time, the "recent finds" posts were an opportunity to talk
> about music, to share the things we were "unearthing".  It was like
> everyone was on their own anthropological dig, uncovering their own
> alternate history of recorded music and this was the place you came to
> learn about the things you'd uncovered.
>
> Now it's basically "I got this new compilation.  It's at CDNow.  Go get
> it".  That was always part of the list but now it's pretty well taken over.
>  And if you post a recent LP find, unless it's reissued or brand new, the
> lack of response is deafening.
>
> I
> But I miss those "recent finds" posts.  And I especially miss the responses
> they occasionally generated.  It seems like now, everyone knows everything
> and they assume that everyone else does too.
>
> Which is kind of ironic.  There was always an interesting tension here
> between the kind of discoveries one made with CD-compilations and the kind
> made by digging through bins of old LP's.
>
> Not that they're mutually exclusive; a lot of us do both.  But I do think
> they represent different ways of discovery.
>
>
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From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) More recent finds on a Weds
Date: 29 Dec 1999 14:42:59 -0800 (PST)


I really enjoyed the old list discussion about recent lp finds.  There was
so much to learn from these posts and all the vinyl collectors seemed to be
so
knowlegable and so willing to contribute their knowledge to the list.
There was Jessica from Pennsylvania who use to come up with so much.  Even if
younew the stuff it was interesting to learn what was available at what
price, like Ottos past today.

 A few years ago one of  the more influential posts for me came from Jill
who was in las Vegas and was happy to find an Association album.  I
scratched my head wondering if the Association album was that good.  Because
of this post I know better.

I personally don't respond to some of the vinyl posts because I am pretty
unfamiliar with many of the lps.  Perhaps the list membership has changed
so much that people are not responding to your posts Nat because they too are
unfamiliar with your finds or they have discussed the artists before.  I
don't know,  I really don't have a strong view point on why its changed.

I buy vinyl on 6th sense or knowledge glleamed from the recent finds post.
Today I purchased

Encounter With Time   The Tommy Vig Orhestra  (This looks space/age but I
don't think it is, i don't know a thing about this guy)

Lightly Latin Poco Loco

Heartstings   Dean Elliot

Sleepy Serenade by Claude Thornhill,   I've always loved "Snowfall"

Christmas with Denny Davis & the Nashville Brass

Sign of the Times  King Richards Fluegal Knights  (Thanks to Otto's post
and Nat's reply)
King Richards Fluegal Knights on Broadway

Big Fat Brass  the Surrey Brass
A Taste of Brass  v/a with Hugo Montenegro, Pete Rugolo,  Jerry Fielding,
Richard Hayman & Jim Tyler

I don't know much about the above and my 6th sense didn't ring on these.
They> were cheap but I don't expect much.    Any advice on them is welcome .

I also got couple of Baja Marimbas & a couple of Coniffs.

I got a lot ofcds in the mail the last few weeks but like lp posts,
posting on cds hardly gets any discussion.    If after playing them, any do
stand out,  I will post on them.  Cds are usually an exceptional find like
lps
which are rare and many times better than any of the cd releases

Anyway the list seems a lot different to me these days.  I know there are a
lot of older exoticats I have been missing.  The old digests reveal to me
focused discussion posts on particular lp finds and exciting new cd releases
(even back in 96).

This is the best list around by far!  And there is something very wonderful
about the variety of topics dixcussed on this list from straight ahead
exotica to any type of music or any subject under the sun ie cargo cults!

Viva the Exotica List!!

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck
>
> --- Nat Kone <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>
> > Once upon a time, the "recent finds" posts were an opportunity to talk
> > about music, to share the things we were "unearthing".  It was like
> > everyone was on their own anthropological dig, uncovering their own
> > alternate history of recorded music and this was the place you came to
> > learn about the things you'd uncovered.
> >
> > Now it's basically "I got this new compilation.  It's at CDNow.  Go get
> > it".  That was always part of the list but now it's pretty well taken
> over.
> >  And if you post a recent LP find, unless it's reissued or brand new, the
> > lack of response is deafening.
> >
> > I
> > But I miss those "recent finds" posts.  And I especially miss the
> responses
> > they occasionally generated.  It seems like now, everyone knows
> everything
> > and they assume that everyone else does too.
> >
> > Which is kind of ironic.  There was always an interesting tension here
> > between the kind of discoveries one made with CD-compilations and the
> kind
> > made by digging through bins of old LP's.
> >
> > Not that they're mutually exclusive; a lot of us do both.  But I do think
> > they represent different ways of discovery.
> >
> >
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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) More recent finds on a Weds
Date: 29 Dec 1999 17:57:41 -0500


At 2:42 PM 12/29/99, chuck wrote:
> A few years ago one of  the more influential posts for me came from Jill
>who was in las Vegas and was happy to find an Association album.  I
>scratched my head wondering if the Association album was that good.  Becaus=
e
>of this post I know better.

I happen to have a sealed copy of the Best of the Association record and
I'm wavering between breaking the cellophane or sending it to an
Association nut on the list. Nat would spank me for the very thought (and
probably enjoy it) but I really don't have a taste for croony tunes. Anyone
wanna tell me why I should keep this LP for myself?


>A Taste of Brass  v/a with Hugo Montenegro, Pete Rugolo,  Jerry Fielding,
>Richard Hayman & Jim Tyler

Chuck or anyone else: is this worth seeking out? Great personnel. Please
post after you listen, Chuck. And I really like your comments on records.

Speaking of oldies but goodies, I'm toying with relaunching a Bring Jack
Back campaign. Quoths Ron: "He knows records and he knows how to use 'em.
Plus Jack's a secret sweetie-pie. Who'd like to join me in a pro-Jack
filibuster?

>This is the best list around by far!  And there is something very wonderful
>about the variety of topics dixcussed on this list from straight ahead
>exotica to any type of music or any subject under the sun ie cargo cults!

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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) recent find -- Contino meets Rugolo!
Date: 29 Dec 1999 19:05:14 -0500


A recent find...

Dick Contino and his Accordion - Squeeze Me! (Mercury SR60090) (late 50s?
early 60s?)

Haven't heard about this one here, but I likes it fine. Dick Contino, with
Pete Rugolo running the orchestra. Dick doesn't cut loose and burn much on
this one... it seems like Pete counseled him to just lay back and let the
arrangements do the work. And there's lots of playful, sometimes eccentric,
arrangements.

Like "Whispering" done in a rock 'n' roll mode (tempo and groove like
"Blueberry Hill") with muttering voices mixed low all through it, and a
male hipster voice up front saying "Yeah, man..." over and over again
(Dick? Pete? The tape op?). A Revolution #9 for the space age set.

Or "Theme From Lombardo Ending" -- a "spoof on the perennially popular Guy
Lombardo staccato finale."

Although the results are quite different, it's a bit like they looked at
the 3 Suns and said, "Yeah, we can play that game. Yeah, man."

Any further information welcomed. Thanks.

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From: "claudia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Anyone see that great story about The Shaggs  in the New Yorker?
Date: 29 Dec 1999 17:21:03 -0800


How many of you out there have heard The Shaggs?
I have honestly never heard anything so truly hideous yet weirdly
delightful.
I was so happy to read the long story about them in The New Yorker.


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Subject: Re: (exotica) Ampex historical notes
Date: 29 Dec 1999 18:57:14 -0800


At 10:05 AM 29-12-99 -0000, Hugh wrote:
>They mentioned that tape recorders had been invented in Germany in the 30's,
>and that after the war, two machines were brought back to America.  Seemed
>to say that Bing put money into a new firm called Ampex which started to
>make recorders, which he then used to prerecord radio shows, which had
>hitherto been put out live as there had not been a good enough recording
>medium.

You have it in a very nice nutshell and I can't add much.  Bing really
wanted to get away from the West Coast repeat he had to do for every show
and this was the ticket!  Ampex headquartered itself in Redwood City, San
Mateo County, California and coincidentally Bing lived in the same county
for many years (I know because my sister went to ballet class with a
daughter of his).  I know I have pictures of the first units and more
background...but all my books are boxed up waiting for shelves to be
assembled or purchased.

Byron

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More recent finds on a Weds
Date: 29 Dec 1999 22:04:19 -0500


At 05:57 PM 12/29/99 -0500, Mimi Mayer wrote:
>
>Speaking of oldies but goodies, I'm toying with relaunching a Bring Jack
>Back campaign. Quoths Ron: "He knows records and he knows how to use 'em.
>Plus Jack's a secret sweetie-pie. Who'd like to join me in a pro-Jack
>filibuster?

Hmmm...   Draft Jack Diamond?

You miss having someone around to tell you that every record he just
happens to be selling is a bona fide TEN STARS must-have?

"This is the shit!"

"This is the real deal!!!!"

"You can't get this sound anywhere else!!!!"

Yeah I guess I miss it too.  It was a bit like a broken record but at least
it was passionate.  And he really does know about records and artists, even
when he ISN'T selling some new reissued CD of theirs.

(Is someone going to forward this to him?  Uh, hi Jack.)

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: More recent finds on a Weds
Date: 29 Dec 1999 22:04:16 -0500


At 02:38 PM 12/29/99 -0800, chuck wrote:
>I personally don't respond to some of the vinyl posts because I am pretty
>unfamiliar with many of the lps.  Perhaps the list membership has changed so
>much that people are not responding to your posts Nat because they too are
>unfamiliar with your finds or they have discussed the artists before.  I
>don't know,  I really don't have a strong view point on why its changed.

I don't either.  I think it has something to do with CD's vs.LP's but
there's not much discussion of the CD's either, except to inform others
where they too can purchase it.
I still respond, post and discuss because, well, I clearly don't need that
much encouragement.  But I do it less than I would if I didn't feel like I
was almost the only one doing it.

Okay enough of that for now.  Doesn't someone want to complain about Lou's
obituaries?

(I cried for Curtis Mayfield, by the way.  I have a piece about him in my
film and one of his tunes on the soundtrack.  And I guess since my final
titles are not yet completed, I'll add him to the list of memorials at the
end.)

>Encounter With Time   The Tommy Vig Orhestra  (This looks space/age but I
>don't think it is, i don't know a thing about this guy)

I don't know this either but who could resist that name and that title?

I wonder if Tommy is Butch's father.  I can't remember who Butch Vig is but
somehow I think if I searched my old SST records, I'd find him.

>Lightly Latin Poco Loco

That's not by Joe Loco is it?  I love Joe Loco.  Usually just piano, bass
and drums but his beat is so hard and insistent, it carries the thing.

I'd buy this, even if it's not Joe Loco.

>Heartstings   Dean Elliot

Dean Elliot certainly has his moments but these days, I might hesitate
before buying something like this.  Unless of course, the cover was rockin.
Maybe it's the title "Heartstrings".  Could be one of those weepy things.

(I think I'm going to post on my deteriorating easy listening tastes.)

>Sleepy Serenade by Claude Thornhill,   I've always loved "Snowfall"

I have one great Claude Thornhill record, with arrangements by the great
(Canadian, I think) Gil Evans.
Actually all the arrangements are by Gil, except the one for "Snowfall".
I don't buy much of this kind of classic jazz but it's nice to have a tiny
bit around.
>
>Christmas with Denny Davis & the Nashville Brass

I avoid his records but especially if they're Xmas.  I just don't want to
open that box, so to speak.  I went to a Xmas eve dinner this year and I
did wish that I had one of those Xmas compilation CD's that people on this
list made.  All I have is a pretty good Buck Owens Xmas record and a
mediocre one by Jimmy McGriff.

And I do buy the occasional record LIKE Nashville Brass.  There's that
Living Marimba/Living Voices Johnny Cash record and Billy Mure's Hank
Williams record.
>
>A Taste of Brass  v/a with Hugo Montenegro, Pete Rugolo,  Jerry Fielding,
>Richard Hayman & Jim Tyler

I'm assuming one of those Time - or is it Mainstream - things.  Those are
all potentially great names but I wouldn't be surprised if the record was
tepid.

Can you tell I'm getting a bit tired of this stuff?  I think I've just
raised the bar a bit.
More than a bit.


>Viva the Exotica List!!

Bah Humbug!

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) recent find -- Contino meets Rugolo!
Date: 29 Dec 1999 22:04:24 -0500


At 07:05 PM 12/29/99 -0500, m.ace wrote:
>
>A recent find...
>
>Dick Contino and his Accordion - Squeeze Me! (Mercury SR60090) (late 50s?
>early 60s?)
>
>Haven't heard about this one here, but I likes it fine. Dick Contino, with
>Pete Rugolo running the orchestra. Dick doesn't cut loose and burn much on
>this one... it seems like Pete counseled him to just lay back and let the
>arrangements do the work.

I love Dick Contino.  And not just because James Ellroy used his name in a
novella.  Not just because he was a notorious, mythic Los Angeles
"cocksmith".  (Is that the right word?  How about "ladies man"?  The Warren
Beatty of the accordion?)
I have a feeling "squeeze me" was not just his big accordion pun.

I have this record but the cover is so messed up with radio station
stickers and such, that I didn't know Pete Rugolo was involved.
It's true that Dick doesn't cut loose much here but I love this record,
especially the version of "Yesterdays".  I actually find that cutting loose
is not what I love most about Dick's other records anyway.  Yeah his
"Flight of the Bumblebees" is breathtaking but his records are usually
pretty cool without the fancy fingering.
(No pun intended.)

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Subject: Re: (exotica) More recent finds on a Weds
Date: 29 Dec 1999 19:12:59 -0800


At 02:42 PM 29-12-99 -0800, Chuck wrote:
>Today I purchased
>Heartstings   Dean Elliot

Please let us know what you think about this one.  I saw a compilation LP
with, I believe, one cut from that album on Capitol.  The comp price was
more than I was willing to pay just to get access to that unknown
music...but I might be interested in going back to find that LP if you
found the album interesting.  I am always wary of strings albums, though.

Byron

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From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jerry Cole on Crown Records
Date: 29 Dec 1999 22:25:06 -0500


Psychotronic Video (a highly recommended magazine for those into
trash culture, esp. movies) #31 has a lengthy article and interview
with guitarist Jerry Cole (by Fred Hopkins). Cole played with the Champs
("Tequila"), was part of Phil Spector's "Wrecking Crew," played on "Pet
Sounds," did studio work for Elvis, the Byrds, and many, many others.
He also played for Nelson Riddle and Henry Mancini.

I thought that some of you might find this excerpt particularly interesting,
where he talks about working for Crown Records:


...Jerry was also busy cutting nearly every kind of record imaginable for
the Bihari brothers' budget Crown label. He recorded approximately 75 (!)
albums for Crown, usually under different names, but sometimes as Jerry
Cole (or Kole). They contained some of the finest surf and hot rod music
ever cut. He also cut country western, easy listening and rock LPs...

...The Dave Clark Five and the Playbacks (64) Crown LP has only two
(pre-star) DC5 tracks. The rest was Cole and other session men.

"It was music by the pound. Crown would call me and they'd tell me they
wanted five surf albums, five country western albums, and five easy
listening albums. I'd write all the songs, arrange them, put together a
band and record them, and deliver the master tapes to fifteen albums to
Crown in about three weeks." (!) "I would write nine songs around one
cover hit, that would be one album. Then I might go in and do a blues
album. I'd have an individual call list of musicians. I would line up all my
musicians, we would start at nine in the morning and go probably to six
at night. I could crank out one to two albums a day. I would write
everything, with the exception of the covers. It was a great proving ground
for me as a songwriter..."



Peter
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From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, January 2
Date: 30 Dec 1999 01:57:49 -0500


Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal,
Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:

http://www.ckut.ca

As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome.


Space Bop #78   Music To Take You Into The Next Millennium (Part Two)

This is the second part of our two-part special, featuring music that's
representative of our favourite emerging new sounds.  We hope this is
the way music will continue to evolve, between interesting original
pieces and innovative
sampling, showing influences from everything and everywhere imaginable.

Tipsy:  Grossenhosen  "Trip Tease"
Stock, Hausen & Walkman:  Hemline  "Organ Transplants"
Sukia:  We Have the Technology  "Contacto Espacial Con El Tercer Sexo"
Dragibus:  La Ronde Des Escargots  "Papriko"

Eno:  Wire Shock  "Nerve Net"
POL:  Walt  "Transomuba"
Amon Tobin:  Bridge  "Permutation"

Muslimgauze:  Zenana Of Ugly Thoughts  "Fakir Sind"
Solid Eye:  Great Garloo  "Fruits Of Automation"

Bad Examples:  Die 24 Stunden von Beguine  "Elektro Tiki"
Arling & Cameron:  Bimi Mix  "Sound Shopping"


Thanks for reading.


[e-mail]
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Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny Christmas
Date: 30 Dec 1999 02:54:03 EST


In a message dated 12/29/99 1:26:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Actually, three of the songs on Breakfast Of Champions do not appear on
the UL Exotic
 Sounds CD. Also surprisingly there were only three songs which
 overlapped the Rhino Exotica Best of CD.
  >>

off the top of my head i think they are Flamingo, Siboney and Simalau.  i
went and listened to some of the other tracks tho and compared them to the UL
ones and they are exact.  i can even tell the way they were remastered.

btw, i finally got a copy of The Coconut Cream of Martin Denny.  this is an
import that is like 30 bucks or something at CD Now.  i found a sealed copy
on bid at ebay for 9.99 plus shipping.

the cuts are excellent and have that "raw" percussion we dennyites love so
much.  i would old recommend it to "competists" tho as most of the songs are
out there some where else.  and some of the liner notes are incorrect.

has anyone else come a cross this Coconut Cream Of cd?  comments?

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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) good old exotica
Date: 30 Dec 1999 03:00:14 -0500


Over the next couple of days, instead of stocking up on water and canned
goods, I'll be making a few exotica/lounge/easy listening tapes.
I have a pile of "recent" finds and I have to deal with them.
It's a bunch of percussion records, Command stuff, cha-cha/pachanga and the
various other usual suspects.
This is the kind of stuff that first got me into the kind of music we talk
about here - or that we used to - but my tolerance for the stuff has
plummeted.
My brain is still wired to recognize it and my hand still automatically
reaches for it but when I get it home and play it, I'm pretty ruthless
about keeping it.

I'm much much more tolerant of (what I call) Now Sound LP's.  They don't
have to be all that interesting or original for me to consider keeping them.

I think it has something to do with the tunes.  Now Sound LP's depend
heavily on Bacharach and the Beatles and if you have a few of those
records, you'll certainly have multiple versions of "I know a place", "Up,
up and away", "California Dreamin", "It's not unusual", "By the time I get
to Phoenix", "Aquarius", "Scarboro Fair", "Love is blue", "Traces",
"Mrs.Robinson" etc etc.

But as much as they depend on "standards", it's nothing compared to the
"standard dependence" in the lounge/exotica/easy listening genre.

Having said that, I'm definitely going to keep:

PHIL KRAUS - "The Percussive..."
It's a classic; it's got everything an exotic percussion should have and
even has a few tunes I don't think I've ever heard before.  It's got a
sorta unique cover too.

And I'm thinking of maybe keeping:

ROBERT MAXWELL "Anytime"
The only Maxwell on Command that I've found.  I love Maxwell and this has
such a cool sound and instrumentation.  But I hate some of the old
chestnuts he covers here, even if one of them - "I'll Never Smile Again" -
was written by my old neighbour.  What to do?

BOBBY CHRISTIAN  "Mr.Percussion"
Once upon a time, I wouldn't have had to wonder about this one.  The right
graphics, the right musician, a nice big closeup of hands hitting a bongo
drum.
But most of it is a bit... polite.
Then again, there's this goddess-like singing on his version of "Cherokee".
I actually got rid of a Terry Snyder record last week so maybe I can keep
this one.

BUDDY COLE "Ingenuity in Sound", one of those Stereo Workshop Series
I have three of these.  This, Shorty Rogers and one by David Swift, a piano
player  I wasn't going to keep the David Swift one but if there're only
three of them, maybe I'll keep them all.
For an organ record, this is above average.
Do I keep things just to complete a set or because they're above average?

I'll wait a couple of days before burdening you with more of my (in)decisions.

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Subject: Re: (exotica) good old exotica
Date: 30 Dec 1999 03:07:59 EST


In a message dated 12/29/99 11:57:18 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Over the next couple of days, instead of stocking up on water and canned
 goods, I'll be making a few exotica/lounge/easy listening tapes. >>

my problem is that i have searched and searched and searched for that
"supposed" Canadian or English 78 copy of Denny's Quiet Village just in case
that y2k thing happens.  my batteries in my portable cd player will only go
so far, but i can always wind the Victrola!

we joke about this, but about 10 years, in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo,
which hit a 30 mile stretch around the Charleston, South Carolina coast, we
were without electricity for about 10 days.  lemme tell ya.  it is a lot
harder than you might think to go without electricity for 10 days, much less
just a few days.

that old Victrola helped me keep my sanity as not only did it give me
something to listen to, it gave me something to do!  all that record changing
and winding kept me going.

tb


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Subject: Re: (exotica) recent finds (sorta)
Date: 30 Dec 1999 03:10:45 EST


In a message dated 12/29/99 12:49:08 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I don't know what's making me so nostalgic and even moralistic this
 afternoon.

 But I miss those "recent finds" posts.  And I especially miss the responses
 they occasionally generated.  It seems like now, everyone knows everything
 and they assume that everyone else does too.
  >>


this is a good perception and one that i have too.  most of us regulars have
already "been there and found that" and "been there - discussed that".  i
know i have not posted about recent finds in a long time because most of them
are second finds and i have already commented.


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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jerry Cole on Crown Records
Date: 30 Dec 1999 03:17:08 -0500


At 10:25 PM 12/29/99 -0500, Peter Ledebur wrote:

>
>...Jerry was also busy cutting nearly every kind of record imaginable for
>the Bihari brothers' budget Crown label. He recorded approximately 75 (!)
>albums for Crown,
>"It was music by the pound. Crown would call me and they'd tell me they
>wanted five surf albums, five country western albums, and five easy
>listening albums."...

I appreciated this, thanks.  But it just makes you want to know more.
Which records did he do?  I guess from now on, I'll just assume that all of
them are by him.  But wouldn't it be neat if there was a place to go to get
the personnel details on all those strange, generic, sometimes wonderful
records like this?

On Crown, I have "Guitars a  Go Go" by The Stingers.  That's probably Jerry
Cole, eh?

But what about...

"More Psychedelic Guitars" on Custom?
"Mission Impossible and other action themes" by the Secret Agents on Design?
"Batman etc" by the Bat Boys, also on Design?
"Superman" by the Supermen on Spinorama?
"Goldfinger" by Zero Zero Seven, on Somerset

or the best of the bunch, methinks

"Batman and other Super Men" by the Revengers on Metro..

I read somewhere that Al Kooper and other members of Blues Project played
on a bunch of these.  Someone should interview ole Al.



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From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jerry Cole
Date: 30 Dec 1999 08:55:58 +0000


More recently, like in the last six months, Jerry Cole was guitar player
on "Songs of our Life" CD, by the Crew-Cuts.  This is a revival of the
50's group doing shows all over America, some with a revival of the
Chordettes (one of the new Crew-Cuts owns the rights to both group
names).

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From: George Hall <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Years
Date: 30 Dec 1999 12:29:04 -0500


[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>  wrote:

As the song says, and feels relevant this year, lets have a short thread to
tie the loose ends together. Lots of hype, but is it really so spectacular?
...   Here's my plan: Go to a party and hear the keyboardist from Astroslut
accompany Suzette Sundae in a  performance of standards. Go back to the
house. Get wife and kids. Go to neighbors at 11:55pm with Mike Flowers and
Deodato taped. Put tape on, break out champagne. Party like its 2000...You?

Curiously/Jimmy Botticelli

well...(warning! promotional crap-ola imminent!) I'll probably be wandering
around the Lizard Lounge (1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge) watching the bands,
comics & drag queens perform both up and downstairs, fervently hoping the
power doesn't go out before Seks Bomba hits the downstairs stage at 12:30.
    Jimmy - Happy New Year & an open "thank-you-very-much" for all this
year; ditto Jane & Domenic, as well as all others on this shockingly
non-annoying list. Looking forward to next year,
 gh

    p.s. fave shows? these are the ones I remember...

B.B. King, Boston (Paul's Mall)  '78...I was 16 at my first club show. It
was the 1st night of a 1 week stand & everything seemed to go wrong; opener
didn't show, bassist's rig broke down & B.B. was working hard to carry it
off, which he did, masterfully. Came back later the same week, show was
flawless & nothing like as good.
        NRBQ, Boston (Paradise) '78
        Eric Clapton/Muddy Waters, Providence R.I. (Civic Ctr) -Only
time I saw Muddy; & EC,
what can I say? I was young & a fan, and Albert Lee played 2nd gtr.
        Max Roach Quartet, Williamstown MA (Williams College) '80
        Frank Zappa, Troy NY (RPI)
        Shockabilly, Boston (Storyville)'83...(Eugene Chadbourne,
Kramer & Danny Licht & I'm
thinking "what the Hell is this??!")
    King Crimson, Boston (Orpheum) '84
        the Zulus, Boston (probably Green St.) '89
        Bill Frisell Band, Cambridge '89
John Zorn/Naked City, Boston (Night Stage) '91 (closed with "Pet Sounds"!)
        Residents (Cube E), Boston (Berklee) uh...91?
Kip Hanrahan Band, NYC (S.O.B.'s) '96...Don Pullen, Jack Bruce, Charles
Neville, Jerry Gonzales, Fernando Saunders, Robbie Ameen, JT Lewis, Billy
Bang...
        John Zorn/Masada, Boston (Somerville Theater) '99
        Latin Playboys Boston (Paradise) '99
        NRBQ/Shaggs/Arkestra NYC (Bowery) '99




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Subject: Re: (exotica) Jerry Cole on Crown Records
Date: 30 Dec 1999 13:36:35 EST


In a message dated 12/30/99 3:13:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< "Superman" by the Supermen on Spinorama? >>

What's your take on this LP.  I have not been able to find a copy in good
condition at a reasonable price.  Is it worth paying the big bucks for?
What's it sound like.
Thanks,
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Subject: (exotica) OK here are some recent finds
Date: 30 Dec 1999 14:05:42 EST


With all this talk about talking about recent finds, I guess I should mention
a few of mine.

Moe Koffman - "Turned On" Jubilee Records JGS 8016
 - Moe on his electric flute backed with some electric sax nail some
happenin' versions of "Mrs. Robinson", Up, Up and Away", "Soul Finger", "The
Mighty Quinn", other covers & some funky originals.  It's a small combo maybe
2-3 horns, drums & other precessions, some electric piano, guitar maybe bass.
The tunes on the album that shoot for soul/funk are great, the mellower tunes
are decent but a little flat at points.  The album cover has Moe in a white
Nehru jacket strapped into an electric chair.  I give it 10.07 on my scale of
0.86 - 13.004

"Bob Crewe Presents Bhen Lanzaroni In Classic Form" - Dynovoice DY 31906
It's the Bob Crew Generation Orchestra with pianist Bhen Lanzaroni adding a
touch of classical flavor.  Even though the piano stands out on this album
there's some   energetic arrangement to add just enough punch to it to pull
the album out of the arm pit of true cheesy easy, easy cheesy listening.
There are maybe 3-4 songs that stand out with a funky flavor or a
Nashville/Now kinda groove.  I like the album quite a bit, but only for 1/2
the songs on it.  I'd give it a 6.0031 on my scale of 0.86 - 13.004

For any one who gives a damn.  In a month or so I'll be digitizing and
restoring both of these albums and ready to trade them along with my usual
list of trade fodder.

May the New Year treat you all gently,
-Roy



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From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mandrill
Date: 30 Dec 1999 15:31:19 -0500


Hi,

Browsing through the Dustygrooves catalogue I saw that several lps by
Mandrill have been reissued. The descriptions sound interesting, but I was
hoping that some of you might be able to suggest the best lp with which to
start.

Allan

++++Unusual Music+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Mondo Bongos" Wednesdays 9 - 10 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph, Ontario,
Canada
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Unusual Music++++


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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mandrill
Date: 30 Dec 1999 17:15:09 -0500



>Browsing through the Dustygrooves catalogue I saw that several lps by
>Mandrill have been reissued. The descriptions sound interesting, but I was
>hoping that some of you might be able to suggest the best lp with which to
>start.


In order of preference start with

1. Mandrill Is
2. Composite Truth
3. Just Outside of Town.

Mandrill Is was just re-issued on vinyl by Polydor, but Composite Truth
will do quite nicely if you don't wish to dig further.

Git what choo want (that's good),
Brian Phillips



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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) OK here are some recent finds
Date: 30 Dec 1999 18:03:47 -0500


At 02:05 PM 12/30/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>With all this talk about talking about recent finds, I guess I should
mention
>a few of mine.
>
>Moe Koffman - "Turned On" Jubilee Records JGS 8016
>The tunes on the album that shoot for soul/funk are great, the mellower
tunes
>are decent but a little flat at points.  The album cover has Moe in a white
>Nehru jacket strapped into an electric chair.  I give it 10.07 on my scale
of
>0.86 - 13.004

I was surprised how much I liked this record although I really shouldn't
have been.
I guess it had something to do with Moe's status as an icon in Canada and
especially here in his hometown.
(And getting even closer to home, he lived around the corner from us and my
brother played in bands with one of his sons.  Not the son that went on to
play with local latin rockers Manteca, the other one.)
Even though Moe was a perfectly legitimate jazz musician and had one of
those rare jazz hit singles with "Swinging Shepherd Blues" in the late
fifties, he later became associated mostly with his "jazzy" interpretation
of classical music, especially the "Four Seasons" suite (by Vivaldi??).
And even though that might have been a hip idea at first, it got old really
fast and ruined Moe's reputation for me.
But this record redeemed Moe for me.  It's not quite Herbie Mann's "Memphis
Underground" but it's a lot closer than I thought it would be.

Just shows to go you that you can't count any of them out.  Every one of
them had at least one cool "jazz rock" Now Sound record in them, even if it
was only "accidentally" good.

Nat





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Subject: Re: (exotica) Jerry Cole on Crown Records
Date: 30 Dec 1999 18:29:59 -0500


At 01:36 PM 12/30/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:

><< "Superman" by the Supermen on Spinorama? >>
>
>What's your take on this LP.  I have not been able to find a copy in good
>condition at a reasonable price.  Is it worth paying the big bucks for?
>What's it sound like.

This is a doggie's breakfast of an LP and kind of hard to "review".

(By the way, my copy is one of those "wrong LP's inside" deals.  I thought
I was buying "The Green Hornet" on Coronet but the Supermen was inside.)

I don't think it's worth big bucks as far as the music goes.

The music is basically mediocre generic organ/guitar "surf", not unlike the
kind of Davie Allan-ish stuff you hear on biker soundtracks, but with a lot
less drive than most of it, and more dependence on organ than most of it.
I have a high tolerance for generic fake surf and there's actually a couple
of tunes here that have "something" to them, so I like it.  But you can get
music like this in lots of places.  (On the other hand, a lot of stuff like
this is expensive, no matter how generic it sounds.)
I'm pretty sure that there's nothing actually Superman-related about the
tunes here, except for the titles.
There's one vocal tune, "It's Superman", that sounds like it could have
come from a Superman cartoon or something.  (And one vocal tune "You've Got
Possibilities", that sounds like it comes from a bad Broadway play.)

It may be some kind of collector's item and if you like this kind of stuff,
this is definitely this kind of stuff but ultimately it's pretty mediocre
musically.





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Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) Jerry Cole on Crown Records
Date: 30 Dec 1999 19:56:15 EST



In a message dated 12/30/99 3:13:57 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Someone should interview ole Al. (kooper)

he can be found at Berklee College of Music in Boston where he is now a
"professor"..Jimmy/former Brocolli College of Rock 'n' Roll PR man


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Subject: Re:  (exotica) Mandrill
Date: 30 Dec 1999 20:15:14 EST



In a message dated 12/30/99 3:36:24 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Browsing through the Dustygrooves catalogue I saw that several lps by
>Mandrill have been reissued. The descriptions sound interesting, but I was
>hoping that some of you might be able to suggest the best lp with which to
>start.

First of all, how can anyone not like a band named after an animal with the
most colorful genitalia in the "kingdom"? That being said, Mandrill is a much
harder version of Santana, having been born or the La-So/post Bu-Ga-Loo
movement of the late 6T's and early 7T's. While they may spend a bit too much
time toying with vocals ("Fencewalk" being their biggest hit and NOT a bad
one neither), their playing is solid slammin' Latin Funk and if you dig
Willie Bobo, Joe Cuba and Santana's early stuff, you'll enjoy Mandrill,
PARTICULARLY their instro called "Mandrill" which showcdases their Tower of
Power-Tight ear-blasting Latin-Funk.  I recommend ordering the album with
that tune on it to start. Its worth the price of the rekkit...Jimmy
Botticelli/The Soul Scholar worth every Dollar


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) My holiday gifts
Date: 30 Dec 1999 20:28:14 EST


Since Nat made the case for postings so eloquently, as is his general writing
style, allow me to share my holiday booty with all y'all:

David Amram         OST "The Young Savages"
Elmer Bernstein     OST "Sweet Smell Of Success"
Johnny Willians     OST "Not With My Wife You Don't!"
Ventures                "The Horse"
Dick Schory         "Wild Percussion & Horns Aplenty"
Marty Gold Orchestra    "The Soundaroundus"
James Brown Band        "Sho Is Funky Down Here"
James Brown Band        "The Popcorn"
Yoshinori Sunahara  "Music For Robot Music" (12" remixes)
Earl Bostic         "Harlem Nocturne" (original LP on King in stereo)
T.S.U. Toronadoes       "And Now...."
Various                 "Get Ya Some" (Westbound 7T's Funk Instrumentals)
Electronic Concept Orch "Moog Groove"

Jimmy Botticelli/headphone czar tonite


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Subject: Re: (exotica) good old exotica
Date: 30 Dec 1999 18:29:56 -0800


At 03:00 AM 30-12-99 -0500, Nat Kone wrote:
>BUDDY COLE "Ingenuity in Sound", one of those Stereo Workshop Series
>I have three of these.  This, Shorty Rogers and one by David Swift, a piano
>player  I wasn't going to keep the David Swift one but if there're only
>three of them, maybe I'll keep them all.

The best one of this series you do not have...the one by Mel Henke!  I am
not sure how many are in the series, but of the ones I have heard I would
only keep the one by Mel and throw out the rest (if I was short of space,
which is no longer the case!!).

So you think the Swift one is not so swift?  I have never heard that.  My
records are still in boxes after the move but I may actually have the Cole
record...I like some of his other records on WB better.  Not sure if I have
any others in the series but I know the Mel Henke record can hardly be topped.

Byron

Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
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Date: 30 Dec 1999 18:35:19 -0800


At 03:07 AM 30-12-99 EST, tb wrote:
>that old Victrola helped me keep my sanity as not only did it give me
>something to listen to, it gave me something to do!  all that record
changing
>and winding kept me going.

presuming there are radio stations to listen to with the power off, you
might consider getting one of those cool wind up radios.  They made them
for people in less developed  (but possibly better off!) countries but they
work just as well here for us temporarilly less developed.  You probably
can find them in Sharper Image or those knowledge stores you occasionally
find in malls.  Probably available in assorted catalogs...maybe even on
line.  One of these days I will get one!

Byron

Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
http://www.hubris.net/zolac
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Subject: Re: (exotica) recent finds (sorta)
Date: 30 Dec 1999 18:40:44 -0800


At 03:10 AM 30-12-99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:
>i know i have not posted about recent finds in a long time because most of
them
>are second finds and i have already commented.

Seems to me that it would be nice if someone could comb through everything
that everyone has said about various records and combine the comments under
each record...a central place for reviews of our collective favorites (or
not so favorites).

For me I have not really FOUND anything recently so I have said nothing.  I
do keep learning about new records I never knew about and now want...but
haven't been out enough to do any finding.  Now that I am not so occupied
in other areas, I will probably go on the prowl again.

Byron

Byron Caloz
Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Mandrill
Date: 30 Dec 1999 21:51:20 -0500


At 08:15 PM 12/30/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:

> That being said, Mandrill is a much
>harder version of Santana, having been born or the La-So/post Bu-Ga-Loo
>movement of the late 6T's and early 7T's. While they may spend a bit too
much
>time toying with vocals ("Fencewalk" being their biggest hit and NOT a bad
>one neither), their playing is solid slammin' Latin Funk

Speaking of slamming Santana-esque latin funk - with occasional forays into
easy listening - check out El Chicano.  They have lots of records and they
don't seem all that hard to find (I have four and passed up a couple of
others recently.)
They're no Mandrill, who are a bit more funk than latin and they're not all
that consistent but when they're good, they're good.

In a similar vein, there's that great "Kemosabe, The Electric Indian"
record.  I don't know which is the bandname and which is the name of the
record...

Nat



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Subject: Re: (exotica) good old exotica
Date: 30 Dec 1999 22:34:53 EST


In a message dated 12/30/99 6:37:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< presuming there are radio stations to listen to with the power off, you
 might consider getting one of those cool wind up radios.   >>


you think they are gunna be playing music?????  no, just minute by minute
updates of the "disaster".  like that is important!

tb


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From: Indulis R Rutks <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) My holiday gifts
Date: 30 Dec 1999 23:24:11 -0600 (CST)




On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 [e-mail] wrote:

>
> Since Nat made the case for postings so eloquently, as is his general writing
> style, allow me to share my holiday booty with all y'all:
>
> David Amram         OST "The Young Savages"
> Elmer Bernstein     OST "Sweet Smell Of Success"
> Johnny Willians     OST "Not With My Wife You Don't!"
> Ventures                "The Horse"
> Dick Schory         "Wild Percussion & Horns Aplenty"
> Marty Gold Orchestra    "The Soundaroundus"
> James Brown Band        "Sho Is Funky Down Here"
> James Brown Band        "The Popcorn"
> Yoshinori Sunahara  "Music For Robot Music" (12" remixes)
> Earl Bostic         "Harlem Nocturne" (original LP on King in stereo)
> T.S.U. Toronadoes       "And Now...."
> Various                 "Get Ya Some" (Westbound 7T's Funk Instrumentals)
> Electronic Concept Orch "Moog Groove"

Geez! All I got was a six-pack of athletic socks - seriously!... I guess I
need to trade in my family & friends for ones that are more exotica-savvy.

OK, I *did* get some cashola from mom & dad, so I guess I can buy my own
rekkids & CDs. But these gift lists have made me very curious - who are
the hipsters that have blessed you with these presents? Are your families
and friends in tune (nyuk nyuk nyuk) with your musical tastes?

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From: Lloyd Kandell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mele Kalikimaka & Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!
Date: 30 Dec 1999 11:12:25 -1000


[e-mail] wrote:

> Cargo cults are usually revivalist, and in some cases messianic and
> millenarian, movements found among certain peoples indigenous to Oceani=
a.

Mahalo, Tiki Bob... that's the best description of Don Tiki I've seen yet=
!
Anyone familiar with our album knows "Clutch Cargo Cult," one of our fave=
 tunes.
Just back from unexpected visit to LaLaLand (funeral for wife's beloved g=
randma,
White Russian matriarch of family died at 97). We drank a few white Russi=
ans and
celebrated her life with wonderful tales and memories. Had a moment to br=
owse
around and found "Taboo: The Art of Tiki" with intro by Sven Kirsten and =
page
after page (96 total) of fantasatic art + photos by Ryden, Shag, Bosko, C=
oop,
others... highly recommended. Also, gave my pardner, Perry Coma a "Kiki t=
he
Fashion Tiki" mousepad and the tr=E9s chic "Album Cover Art of Sound Trac=
ks" from
Daedalus Books based on insider (tiki) trading tips from y'all. And speak=
ing of
all you excellent exoticans (gawrsh)... muchos mahalos for keeping the ti=
ki
torch lit with all the spirited, lively sharing of info and passion for t=
his
music.

Mele Kalikimaka & Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!
All good things in the New Year!

Fluid Floyd
Taboo Records



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From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) My holiday gifts
Date: 31 Dec 1999 03:16:36 -0500


At 08:28 PM 12/30/99 EST, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> allow me to share my holiday booty with all y'all:
>
>David Amram         OST "The Young Savages"
>Elmer Bernstein     OST "Sweet Smell Of Success"

Geez, you know how to make a guy jealous.  ESPECIALLY Sweet Smell, one of
my favourite all time films.  I guess a lot of the music is by that Chico
Hamilton/Paul Horn group that appears in the film.
(It is Paul Horn, right?)
So who plays the guitar parts that Marty Milner faked?
And if I convert to Christianity, will I get gifts like this?





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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) My holiday gifts
Date: 31 Dec 1999 09:34:18 EST


In a message dated 12/31/99 3:12:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< And if I convert to Christianity, will I get gifts like this?
  >>

Oy Vey!  How goy!

Seriously, we should all just convert back to your pagan roots and the tiki
gods will lavish us with all the material goods we want!  If only we can
adjust the palm fronds and coconut shells just right!

Working feverishly on that full size replica of the Whip Cream girl,

Tiki Bob


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From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Mandrill
Date: 31 Dec 1999 09:50:21 -0500


In a similar vein, there's that great "Kemosabe, The Electric Indian"
>record.  I don't know which is the bandname and which is the name of the
>record...

While I am assuming that Nat is pulling our collective gams, for the record
(!) it is "Keem-O-Sabe" by the Electric Indian on United Artists.  From one
website, I gleaned Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates  may have played keyboards
on that record, which means that at least ONE thing he may have done
interested me.  This song was a hit long enough ago that I thought that
there was one Native American, with a wind-up key playing all of the
instruments.  The flip was a song called "Broad Street".

Back to Mandrill, they got their name when some of the members were walking
in the Bronx Zoo and said, "What's that animal there?", the attendant
replied, "It's a Mandrill" and they said, "Far out!"

Incidentally, I stopped listening to them before Mandrilland came out.  How
was that?

A tangent from the Tan Gent (OK, so I'm no JimmyBee...),
Brian Phillips



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From: Jan Fornell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) And the first record of the new millenium is...
Date: 01 Jan 1999 01:51:44 +0900


Franco Battiato's "FLEURs"

Jan

No Y2K problems spotted so far, even though the old spoon-bender Uri
Geller appeared on Japanese TV shortly before midnight, urging people to
put spoons on top of their TV sets, which he would subsequently make
jump (the spoons, that is; not the TV sets) by staring concentratedly
into the camera. My spoon did not.



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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) My holiday gifts
Date: 31 Dec 1999 11:58:57 EST


<< Geez, you know how to make a guy jealous.  ESPECIALLY Sweet Smell (of
Success), one of
 my favourite all time films.  I guess a lot of the music is by that Chico
 Hamilton/Paul Horn group that appears in the film.
 (It is Paul Horn, right?)
 So who plays the guitar parts that Marty Milner faked?
 And if I convert to Christianity, will I get gifts like this? >>

It is Paul Horn and (I'm pretty sure - confident? final answer?), John Pisano
on guitar, who replaced Jim Hall, the original Chico Hamilton Quintet
guitarist.  Fred Katz, cello, Pete Candoli trumpet, Ted Nash, alto Shelly
Manne drums, Johnny Williams piano.

If there is enough interest, I'll pair this up on a CD-R with another great
and jazzy (the Candoli brothers) soundtrack, Bell Book and Candle, a special
request from a fellow listee.

Happy New Year to all




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From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: New Year's Eve
Date: 31 Dec 1999 12:10:31 -0500


What am I doing? Desperate last minute backups in case this old computer
goes belly up tonight.

Thanks to everyone here for another year of information, comraderie,
entertainment and bad influences. And a good 2000 to you all. Unless it
turns out to be 1900.

And if this thing does crap out, it's been nice knowing you.

The thought does occur... some of us may be posting messages with strange
time/date stamps, and if your e-mail program sorts incoming messages by
date, you may have messages filed at places in the queue where you wouldn't
expect new messages. Like way in the back at 1900.

Cheers,

m.ace  [e-mail]
OOK   http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/


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From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) Happy New Year, Y'all
Date: 31 Dec 1999 13:33:53 -0500


Tell you what...now some of y'all are already whoopin' it up  and carryin'
on like a West Texas Baptist on church convention in New Orleans. To y'all
we say, YEE HAW! And for those of ya fixin' to party, well, shine your
boots and get ready to kick out.  Wherever you are and whatever you do,
have a great one, live with an open heart, keep yer ears pitched for the
best music, and if ya care to try it, ring in 2000 with a big bowl of
collard greens and black-eyed peas...it'll deliver you up plenty of good
luck and prosperity. And  while you're at it, add top off your supper with
heap of jalapeno peppers.
Mimi and the kids at Rancho Deluxe




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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) My holiday gifts
Date: 31 Dec 1999 17:18:46 EST



In a message dated 12/31/99 12:24:35 AM, [e-mail] wrote:

>OK, I *did* get some cashola from mom & dad, so I guess I can buy my own
>rekkids & CDs. But these gift lists have made me very curious - who are
>the hipsters that have blessed you with these presents? Are your families
>and friends in tune (nyuk nyuk nyuk) with your musical tastes?

I shoulda mentioned that I asked for $$ for records and traded in some promo
to boot...sorry!


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From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Happy New Year, Y'all
Date: 30 Dec 1999 18:24:57 -0500


Happy Millenium, ya'all.

Will
 -------------------------------------------------
Will Straw, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Communications
McGill University

http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/gpc/



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